Harken
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harken¹
- /ˈhɑːk(ə)n/ UK
- /ˈhɑɹkən/ US
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)kən
Where it comes from
See hearken
verb harkens · harkening · harkened
- Alternative spelling of hearken: to hear, to listen, to have regard.hearken Ev'n from the depths of Hell the Damn'd advance, / Th' Infernal Manſions nodding ſeem to dance; / The gaping three-mouth'd Dog forgets to ſnarl, / The Furies harken, and their Snakes uncurl.
- To hark back, to return or revert (to a subject, etc.), to allude to, to evoke, to long or pine for (a past event or era). Bell argued that the manual approach was "backwards," and harkened to a primitive age where humans used gesture and pantomime.
Harken²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from North German Harken.
proper noun Harkens
- A surname from German.
