harken

Meaning

  1. (US, alt-of, alternative, ambitransitive) Alternative spelling of hearken: to hear, to listen, to have regard.
  2. (US, figuratively, intransitive) To hark back, to return or revert (to a subject, etc.), to allude to, to evoke, to long or pine for (a past event or era).

Frequency

35k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhɑːk(ə)n/
Etymology

See hearken

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