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hark

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hark  (härk)
intr.v. harked, hark·ing, harks
To listen attentively.
Idiom:
hark back
To return to a previous point, as in a narrative.
[Middle English harken, herken, from Old English *heorcian.]
hark
Verb
Old-fashioned to listen; pay attention: hark, the cocks are crowing [Old English heorcnian]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.hark - listen; used mostly in the imperative
harken, hearken
listen - hear with intention; "Listen to the sound of this cello"
hark
verb 1. listen, attend, pay attention, hearken (archaic) give ear, hear, mark, notice, give heed
hark back to something
1. recall, recollect, call to mind, cause you to remember, cause you to recollect
2. return to, remember, recall, revert to, look back to, think back to, recollect, regress to


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Now hark ye, good youth, wilt thou stay with me and be one of my band?
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context
A newspaper has its faults, and plenty of them, but no matter, it's hark from the tomb for a dead nation, and don't you forget it.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
Had they gone and told Silver, all might have turned out differently; but they had their orders, I suppose, and decided to sit quietly where they were and hark back again to "Lillibullero.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
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