Complete Definition of "harken"

English

Pronunciation
RP: IPA|/ˈhɑːkən/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɑː(r)kən|-ɑː(r)kən

Verb
en-verb

  1. archaic Alternative spelling of hearken.

#*1833: w:Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson|Alfred Tennyson
#*: Å’none Dear mother Ida, harken ere I die.
#*1883: w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island|Treasure Island
#*: We were not many minutes on the road, though we sometimes stopped to lay hold of each other and harken. But there was no unusual sound...

References
R:Century 1911

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