verb (used without object)
1.
to listen attentively; hearken.
verb (used with object)
2.
Archaic. to listen to; hear.
noun
Verb phrases 3.
a hunter's shout to hounds, as to encourage them in following the scent.
4.
hark back,
a.
(of hounds) to return along the course in order to regain a lost scent.
b.
to return to a previous subject or point; revert: He kept harking back to his early days in vaudeville.
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| —vb | |
| (intr; usually imperative) to listen; pay attention | |
| [Old English heorcnian to | |
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Hark
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
hark
c.1175, from O.E. *heorcian (related to hearken), an intensive form from base of hieran (see hear). To hark back (1829) originally refers to hounds returning along a track when the scent has been lost, till they find it again.
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Example sentences
Hark work and determination are vital when seeking avenues of success.
These policies are not in keeping with that status and hark back to much darker times.
The games themselves even seem to hark back to yesteryear both in how they play and their route to market.
For some potential car buyers, the ads may hark back to another era of automobiles.
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