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verb (used without object)
1.
Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
verb (used with object)
2.
Archaic. to listen to; hear.
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Hearken
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- Chess is a game in which to hearken back to the good old days is often to be right up with the latest trend in strategy.
- The design doesn't hearken back to another era, it is from another era.
- These arguments over the role of government in the market hearken back to the earliest days of capitalism.
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Word Origin & History
hearken
O.E. heorcnian, from base of hieran (see hear). Harken is the usual spelling in U.S. and probably is better justified by etymology.
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