3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hearken \Heark"en\, v. t.
1. To hear by listening. [Archaic]
[She] hearkened now and then Some little whispering
and soft groaning sound. --Spenser.
2. To give heed to to hear attentively. [Archaic]
The King of Naples . . . hearkens my brother's suit.
--Shak.
{To hearken out}, to search out [Obs.]
If you find none, you must hearken out a vein and
buy --B. Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hearken \Heark"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hearkened}; p. pr &
vb n. {Hearkening}.] [OE. hercnen hercnien AS hercnian,
heorcnian fr hi['e]ran, h?ran, to hear; akin to OD
harcken, horcken LG harken, horken, G. horchen See {Hear},
and cf {Hark}.]
1. To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered;
to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply.
The Furies hearken, and their snakes uncurl.
--Dryden.
Hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the
judgments, which I teach you --Deut. iv 1.
2. To inquire; to seek information. [Obs.] ``Hearken after
their offense.'' --Shak.
Syn: To attend; listen; hear; heed. See {Attend}, v. i.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hearken
v : listen; used mostly in the imperative [syn: {hark}, {harken}]
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