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Thesaurus: hark

To listen; to hearken.

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  1. v. i. To listen; to hearken.
  2. v. listen; used mostly in the imperative
  3. To listen; to hearken. [Now rare, except in the imperative form used as an interjection, Hark! listen.] Hudibras. Hark away! Hark back! Hark forward! (Sporting), cries used to incite and guide hounds in hunting. -- To hark back, to go back for a fresh start, as when one has wandered from his direct course, or made a digression. He must have overshot the mark, and must hark back. Haggard. He harked back to the subject. W. E. Norris.
  4. To listen; to hearken. [Now rare, except in the imperative formused as an interjection, Hark! listen.] Hudibras. Hark away! Harkback! Hark forward! (Sporting), cries used to incite and guide houndsin hunting.-- To hark back, to go back for a fresh start, as when one haswandered from his direct course, or made a digression.He must have overshot the mark, and must hark back. Haggard. Heharked back to the subject. W. E. Norris.
  5. v:100 v. listen; used mostly in the imperative