hearken

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Quotations 1.4 References

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• (archaic) harken

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈhɑːkən/

[edit] Verb

to hearken (third-person singular simple present hearkens, present participle hearkening, simple past and past participle hearkened)

1. (intransitive) To listen; to lend the ear; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, obedience, or compliance.
2. (transitive, poetic) To hear by listening.
3. (transitive) To hear with attention; to regard.

[edit] Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)^[1], Genesis 3:17

  And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

• 1833: Alfred Tennyson, Œnone

  Dear mother Ida, harken ere I die.

• 1809-49: The Tell-Tale Heart, Edgar Allan Poe

  How then am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily, how calmly, I can tell you the whole story.

[edit] References

• hearken in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911