Associations to the word «Harken»

Wiktionary

HARKEN, verb. Alternative spelling of hearken ‘to listen, hear, regard’, more common form in the US.
HARKEN, verb. (figuratively) (US) To hark back, to return or revert (to a subject etc.), to allude to, to evoke, to long or pine for (a past event or era).
HARKEN BACK, verb. Alternative form of hearken back

Dictionary definition

HARKEN, verb. Listen; used mostly in the imperative.

Wise words

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Mother Teresa