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Webster 1913 Edition

Hark

Hark

(härk)
,
Verb.
I.
[OE.
herken
. See
Hearken
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hark

H`ARK

,
Verb.
T.
[contracted from hearken, which see.]
To listen; to lend the ear.
This word is rarely or never used, except in the imperative mode, hark, that is, listen, hear.

Definition 2024

hark

hark

English

Alternative forms

  • heark (obsolete)

Verb

hark ‎(third-person singular simple present harks, present participle harking, simple past and past participle harked)

  1. To listen attentively; often used in the imperative.

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Albanian

Etymology

From Latin arcus.

Noun

hark m

  1. bow
  2. arch

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑrk

Noun

hark m ‎(plural harken, diminutive harkje n)

  1. rake (garden tool)

Derived terms

Verb

hark

  1. first-person singular present indicative of harken
  2. imperative of harken

Etymology

From Middle English herken, herkien, from Old English *hercian, *heorcian, *hiercian, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną ‎(“to hear”) + formative/intensive -k (see also the related hȳran, whence English hear). Cognate with Scots herk ‎(“to hark”), North Frisian harke ‎(“to hark”), West Frisian harkje ‎(“to listen”), obsolete Dutch horken ‎(“to hark, listen to -> horen”), Middle Low German horken ‎(“to hark”), German horchen ‎(“to hark, harken to”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: härk, IPA(key): /hɑː(ɹ)k/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(r)k

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