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Hearken v. t.

To hear by listening. (Archaic) "(She) hearkened now and then Some little whispering and soft groaning sound."

To give heed to; to hear attentively. (Archaic) "The King of Naples... hearkens my brother's suit."

To hearken out, to search out. (Obs.) "If you find none, you must hearken out a vein and buy."

Hearken v. i. (past & past part. hearkened; pres. part. hearkening)

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." "Hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you."

To inquire; to seek information. (Obs.) "Hearken after their offense."

Synonyms: To attend; listen; hear; heed. See Attend, v. i.

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Etymology of 'Hearken'

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... those that talk of Religion, and yet come short of the moral faith of fish and fowl; Men that violate the Law, affirm'd by Saint Paul [Rom. 2. 14.15] to be writ in their hearts, and which he sayes shal at the last day condemn and leave them without excuse. I pray hearken to what Dubartas sings [Dubartas 5. day.] (for the hearing of such conjugal faithfulness, will be Musick to all chaste ears) and therefore, I say, hearken to what Dubartas ...

— The Compleat Angler - Facsimile of the First Edition • Izaak Walton

... crowned Caprice is god of the world: On his stony breast are his white wings furled. No ear to hearken, no eye to see, No heart to feel for a man ...

— The Woman Who Did • Grant Allen

... no joy thou here wilt lose? The lovely Sam-kha-tu[3] the seer may choose. Arrayed in trappings of divinity And the insignia of royalty, Heabani then in Erech shall be great, And live in happiness and royal state; And Izdubar shall hearken, and incline His heart in warmest friendship, and recline With thee upon a couch of luxury. And seat thee on a throne of royalty, On his left hand, a crown shall grace thy brow. Kings of the earth shall to thee subject bow And kiss thy feet, ...

— Babylonian and Assyrian Literature • Anonymous

... GODS, WHICH NEITHER THOU NOR THY FATHERS HAVE KNOWN, EVEN GODS OF WOOD AND STONE.' The Jews are at this day remarkably tenacious of their religion. Moses also declares that they shall be subjected to these curses for disobedience to his ritual: 'And it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all the commandments and statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.' Is this the real reason? The third, fourth, ...

— The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume I • Percy Bysshe Shelley

... 'Hearken, O Eikonoclastes, despiser of sacred images—and thou, Urbanus, dweller in the sordid city. Forbear this adventure ...

— The Phoenix and the Carpet • E. Nesbit

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