Hearken
verb
To listen carefully with attention.
The children should hearken to their parents' advice.
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Formal
verb
To return to a previous topic or argument.
He hearkened back to the time when he used to be a college student.
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Formal
verb
To listen carefully with attention.
The children should hearken to their parents' advice.
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To return to a previous topic or argument.
He hearkened back to the time when he used to be a college student.
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Archaic Context
Used mostly in historical or religious texts, rarely in modern conversation.
In medieval times, knights would hearken to their lord's commands.
Pro Tip 2/3Attention to Detail
Implies not just hearing, but actively focusing on listening to something.
You must hearken to the sounds of nature on this hike.
Pro Tip 3/3Respectful Listening
Often suggests listening with respect or deference to someone.
Students, hearken to the professor's lecture.
Pro Tip 1/3Archaic Context
Used mostly in historical or religious texts, rarely in modern conversation.
In medieval times, knights would hearken to their lord's commands.
Pro Tip 2/3Attention to Detail
Implies not just hearing, but actively focusing on listening to something.
You must hearken to the sounds of nature on this hike.
Pro Tip 3/3Respectful Listening
Often suggests listening with respect or deference to someone.
Students, hearken to the professor's lecture.
Pro Tip 1/3Archaic Context
Used mostly in historical or religious texts, rarely in modern conversation.
In medieval times, knights would hearken to their lord's commands.
Pro Tip 2/3Attention to Detail
Implies not just hearing, but actively focusing on listening to something.
You must hearken to the sounds of nature on this hike.
Pro Tip 3/3Respectful Listening
Often suggests listening with respect or deference to someone.
Students, hearken to the professor's lecture.
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Donald Sadoway: The...
and even some undergraduates. And I was able to attract really, really good people, people who share my passion for science and service to society, not science and service for career building. And if you ask these people why they work on liquid metal battery, their answer would hearken back
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Palenque and the Ancient...
greatest king in the history of this court he is the one person who they can harken back to to really establish their pedigree and their position in the court of Palenque and he is the active central figure in this composition years and
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Donald Sadoway: The...
and even some undergraduates. And I was able to attract really, really good people, people who share my passion for science and service to society, not science and service for career building. And if you ask these people why they work on liquid metal battery, their answer would hearken back
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Palenque and the Ancient...
greatest king in the history of this court he is the one person who they can harken back to to really establish their pedigree and their position in the court of Palenque and he is the active central figure in this composition years and
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Joanna Southcott
English Celebrity
If they can prove that I am wrong by that time, I will give it up to their wisdom, but not after to any one's judgment, till I see the end of another year; for the Lord will begin with a new century; and I will see what he will do, before I will hearken to any man's judgment.
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Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek Writer
The masses do not see the Sirens. They do not hear songs in the air. Blind, deaf, stooping, they pull at their oars in the hold of the earth. But the more select, the captains, harken to a Siren within them... and royally squander their lives with her.
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Trent Franks
American Politician
I think if you hearken back to partial-birth abortion... everybody said, you know, it's not constitutional. It can't pass; it can't go anywhere, and it took time to do that, and it even had to succeed a presidential veto. But it eventually did.
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Grace Helbig
American Comedian
I can at least hearken to a time when I didn't have a cell phone, where I had to call my mom after movies collect from a pay phone, and when they said, 'State your name,' I'd say, 'Mom, pick me up,' and hang up the phone.
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Paul Elmer More
American Critic
We are born knowing nothing and with much striving we learn but a little; yet all the while we are bound by laws that hearken to no plea of ignorance, and measure out their rewards and punishments with calm indifference.
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Marie de France
French Poet
Now will I rehearse before you a very ancient Breton Lay. As the tale was told to me, so, in turn, will I tell it over again, to the best of my art and knowledge. Hearken now to my story, its why and its reason.
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Henry B. Eyring
American Leader
The great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and obey God's commands in the midst of the storms of life. It is not to endure storms, but to choose the right while they rage.
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Joanna Southcott
English Celebrity
If they can prove that I am wrong by that time, I will give it up to their wisdom, but not after to any one's judgment, till I see the end of another year; for the Lord will begin with a new century; and I will see what he will do, before I will hearken to any man's judgment.
Quote examples
Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek Writer
The masses do not see the Sirens. They do not hear songs in the air. Blind, deaf, stooping, they pull at their oars in the hold of the earth. But the more select, the captains, harken to a Siren within them... and royally squander their lives with her.
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Trent Franks
American Politician
I think if you hearken back to partial-birth abortion... everybody said, you know, it's not constitutional. It can't pass; it can't go anywhere, and it took time to do that, and it even had to succeed a presidential veto. But it eventually did.
Quote examples
Grace Helbig
American Comedian
I can at least hearken to a time when I didn't have a cell phone, where I had to call my mom after movies collect from a pay phone, and when they said, 'State your name,' I'd say, 'Mom, pick me up,' and hang up the phone.
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Paul Elmer More
American Critic
We are born knowing nothing and with much striving we learn but a little; yet all the while we are bound by laws that hearken to no plea of ignorance, and measure out their rewards and punishments with calm indifference.
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Marie de France
French Poet
Now will I rehearse before you a very ancient Breton Lay. As the tale was told to me, so, in turn, will I tell it over again, to the best of my art and knowledge. Hearken now to my story, its why and its reason.
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Henry B. Eyring
American Leader
The great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and obey God's commands in the midst of the storms of life. It is not to endure storms, but to choose the right while they rage.
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