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[Verb] | "heark*en" | \ ˈhär-kən \

1: listen

2: to give respectful attention

3: to bring to mind something in the past : hearken back

Origin: before 12th century ;

Middle English herknen, from Old English heorcnian; akin to Old High German hōrechen to listen, Old English hīeran to hear;

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[Verb] | "hearken back"

1: to go back to or recall to mind something in the past : hark back—usually used with to

Origin: 1900 ;

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[Verb] | "harkening"

1: to pay attention especially through the act of hearing;

* e.g., " ... young people would do well to read this wise and witty book and harken to its message "

Antonyms :
ignoring,
tuning out

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[Verb] | "hearkening"

1: to pay attention especially through the act of hearing;

* e.g., " ... hearken! I hear the distant beat of the hooves of many horses "

Antonyms :
ignoring,
tuning out

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[Verb] | "harken"

1: to pay attention especially through the act of hearing;

* e.g., " ... young people would do well to read this wise and witty book and harken to its message "

Antonyms :
ignore,
tune out

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[Verb] | "hearkening (to)"

1: as in hearing, harking (to);

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