hearken

hearken
hearkener, n.
/hahr"keuhn/, v.i.
1. Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
v.t.
2. Archaic. to listen to; hear.
Also, harken.
[1150-1200; ME hercnen, OE he(o)rcnian, suffixed form of assumed *heorcian; see HARK, -EN1]

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  • Hearken — Heark en, v. t. 1. To hear by listening. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] [She] hearkened now and then Some little whispering and soft groaning sound. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To give heed to; to hear attentively. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] The King of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hearken — O.E. heorcnian, a suffixed form of *heorcian, root of HARK (Cf. hark); from P.Gmc. *hausjan (see HEAR (Cf. hear)). Harken is the usual spelling in U.S. and probably is better justified by etymology; hearken likely is from influence of hear …   Etymology dictionary

  • hearken — (also harken) ► VERB (usu. hearken to) archaic ▪ listen. ORIGIN Old English, probably related to HARK(Cf. ↑hark) …   English terms dictionary

  • hearken — [här′kən] vi. [ME herknien < OE heorknian, hyrcnian < base of hieran: see HEAR] Now Literary to give careful attention; listen carefully: with to vt. Archaic to heed; hear to heed; hear hearken back to go back in thought or speech; revert;… …   English World dictionary

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  • hearken to — index heed, note (notice) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • hearken — UK [ˈhɑː(r)kən] / US [ˈhɑrkən] verb [intransitive] Word forms hearken : present tense I/you/we/they hearken he/she/it hearkens present participle hearkening past tense hearkened past participle hearkened literary to listen …   English dictionary

  • hearken to — archaic listen. → hearken …   English new terms dictionary

  • hearken — [ hα:k(ə)n] (also harken) verb (usu. hearken to) archaic listen. Origin OE heorcnian; prob. related to hark …   English new terms dictionary

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