"hearken back" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌhɑːk(ə)n ˈbæk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌhɑɹkən ˈbæk/ [General-American] Forms: hearkens back [present, singular, third-person], hearkening back [participle, present], hearkened back [participle, past], hearkened back [past]
Etymology: From hearken + back, possibly an erroneous substitution of hearken (“to hear (something) with attention; to have regard to (something); to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, compliance, or obedience”) for hark: see the usage note. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} hearken back (third-person singular simple present hearkens back, present participle hearkening back, simple past and past participle hearkened back)
  1. (sometimes proscribed) Synonym of hark back (“to allude, return, or revert (to a subject previously mentioned, etc.); also, to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event)”) Wikipedia link: Trafford Publishing Tags: proscribed, sometimes Synonyms: hark back [synonym, synonym-of], harken back

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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