hark Hear it!

hark definition

hark (härk)

intransitive verb

Now Chiefly Literary to listen carefully: usually in the imperative, with the effect of an exclamation

Etymology: ME herkien (akin to Ger horchen) < ? OE *heorcian or < OE heorcnian: see hearken

transitive verb

Archaic to listen to; hear
hark Idioms

hark back

  1. to return to an earlier point so as to pick up the scent or trail again
  2. to go back in thought or speech; revert or be reminiscent of

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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