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hark

[ hahrk ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to listen attentively; hearken.


verb (used with object)

  1. Archaic. to listen to; hear.

noun

  1. a hunter's shout to hounds, as to encourage them in following the scent.

verb phrase

    1. (of hounds) to return along the course in order to regain a lost scent.
    2. to return to a previous subject or point; revert:

      He kept harking back to his early days in vaudeville.

hark

/ hɑːk /

verb

  1. intr; usually imperative to listen; pay attention
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • un·harked adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hark1

1175–1225; Middle English herken, earlier herkien, Old English *heorcian; cognate with Old Frisian herkia, harkia; akin to Middle Dutch harken, Middle High German, German horchen. See hearken, hear
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hark1

Old English heorcnian to hearken ; related to Old Frisian herkia, Old High German hōrechen; see hear
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Example Sentences

Hark back to the Buffett Rule, another prime slice of collective madness orchestrated by the power elite.

Right-wing attacks on Planned Parenthood hark back to the days of McCarthy, says Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile.

Why do you think you decided to hark back to your high school days for this particular record?

In their videos, however, their influences hark back to a much darker place.

Mr. Figgins did hark, and an awful sound reached him from behind the curtain.

Riach cried; and then to me: “Hark ye, David,” he said, “do ye ken where the pistols are?”

Hark here, sir; Captain Bruton talks of a peaceful settlement of this difficulty.

Even is come; and from the dark Park, hark, The signal of the setting sun—one gun!

Hark thee, friend; do thou and the young woman follow Empson where he will conduct thee.

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