hearken back
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hearken back — intransitive verb : to hark back hearken back to the good old days of a century ago Bernard Berelson * * * another way of saying (see hark) … Useful english dictionary
hearken back — intransitive verb Date: 1900 hark back … New Collegiate Dictionary
hearken — [här′kən] vi. [ME herknien < OE heorknian, hyrcnian < base of hieran: see HEAR] Now Literary to give careful attention; listen carefully: with to vt. Archaic to heed; hear to heed; hear hearken back to go back in thought or speech; revert;… … English World dictionary
hark back — verb a) Of hounds, to retrace a course in order to pick up a lost scent. , Harking back to the theme of a series of speeches he delivered last week, he said he was reminded that “there’s still an enemy out there that would like to inflict the… … Wiktionary
Hark back — Hark Hark (h[aum]rk), v. i. [OE. herken. See {Hearken}.] To listen; to hearken. [Now rare, except in the imperative form used as an interjection, Hark! listen.] Hudibras. [1913 Webster] {Hark away!} {Hark back!} {Hark forward!} (Sporting), cries… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To hark back — Hark Hark (h[aum]rk), v. i. [OE. herken. See {Hearken}.] To listen; to hearken. [Now rare, except in the imperative form used as an interjection, Hark! listen.] Hudibras. [1913 Webster] {Hark away!} {Hark back!} {Hark forward!} (Sporting), cries… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
harken — [här′kən] vi., vt. alt. sp. of HEARKEN harken back HEARKEN BACK (see phrase under HEARKEN) … English World dictionary
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