Associations to the word «Hearken»

Wiktionary

HEARKEN, verb. (intransitive) To listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, obedience, or compliance.
HEARKEN, verb. (transitive) (poetic) To hear by listening.
HEARKEN, verb. (transitive) To hear with attention; to regard.
HEARKEN, verb. (obsolete) To enquire; to seek information.
HEARKEN BACK, verb. (intransitive) To turn back to an earlier topic or circumstance.
HEARKEN BACK, verb. (intransitive) To go back to something as an origin or source.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King