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"ref": "1785, “Hunting Songs and Cantatas”, in The Humming Bird: Or, A Compleat Collection of the Most Esteemed Songs. […], 3rd edition, Canterbury, Kent: Printed and sold by Simmons and Kirkby; London: J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, number 50, page 17, column 2",
"text": "With pleaſure he hearkens the heart-ſoothing chear / Shakes Morpheus and ſlumber away; / While joyful he ſtarts, and with ſpeed doth appear / The foremoſt to welcome the day.",
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"ref": "1869 December 18, “A Storm”, in William, Robert Chambers, editors, Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, number 312 (Fourth Series), London, Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, →OCLC, page 816, column 2",
"text": "And now a sweet bird calls its scattered mates, / And gaily hearkens the unburdened heart.",
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"ref": "1750 November, “Maxims for the Conduct of Life”, in The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure: […], volume VII, number XLVIII, London: Published […] by John Hinton, […], →OCLC, page 224, column 1",
"text": "When ſhe [voluptuousness] ſpreadeth her delicacies on the table, when her wine ſparkleth in the cup, when ſhe ſmileth upon thee, and perſuadeth thee to be joyful and happy; then is the hour of danger, and let reaſon ſtand firmly on her guard: for, if thou hearkeneſt unto the words of her adverſary, thou art deceived and betrayed.",
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"ref": "1843 January, Edgar A[llan] Poe, “The Tell-Tale Heart”, in J[ames] Russell Lowell, R[obert] Carter, editors, The Pioneer. A Literary and Critical Magazine, volume I, number I, Boston, Mass.: Leland and Whiting, […], →OCLC, page 29, column 1",
"text": "How, then, am I mad? Harken! and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tell you the whole story.",
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"ref": "1844, [Helen Taylor], “Monday”, in The Child’s Book of Homilies. […], London: Edwards and Hughes, […]; Hatchard and Son, […], →OCLC, part II (Homilies for the Week), page 70",
"text": "Thou who art of all things Lord, / Well I know, in Galilee, / Hearkenedst to Thy mother's word, / Teach me such a child to be.",
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{
"ref": "1999, Stanley Fish, “Fraught with Death”, in The Trouble with Principle, Cambridge, Mass., London: Harvard University Press, page 93",
"text": "You do not, in short, speak in order to encourage others to speak freely but in order to discourage others from disseminating or hearkening to error. You do not seek to enfranchise the community but to bind it to the truths you take to be salutary.",
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"To listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, compliance, or obedience."
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"(intransitive) To listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, compliance, or obedience."
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"word": "kuunnella"
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"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "horchen"
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"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽"
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"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
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"word": "prestare orecchio"
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"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
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"Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)kən",
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},
{
"form": "en-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "hearken",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "hearken (third-person singular simple present hearkens, present participle hearkening, simple past and past participle hearkened)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"heark‧en"
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"old": "1"
},
"name": "en-conj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English poetic terms",
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1785, “Hunting Songs and Cantatas”, in The Humming Bird: Or, A Compleat Collection of the Most Esteemed Songs. […], 3rd edition, Canterbury, Kent: Printed and sold by Simmons and Kirkby; London: J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, number 50, page 17, column 2",
"text": "With pleaſure he hearkens the heart-ſoothing chear / Shakes Morpheus and ſlumber away; / While joyful he ſtarts, and with ſpeed doth appear / The foremoſt to welcome the day.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1869 December 18, “A Storm”, in William, Robert Chambers, editors, Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, number 312 (Fourth Series), London, Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, →OCLC, page 816, column 2",
"text": "And now a sweet bird calls its scattered mates, / And gaily hearkens the unburdened heart.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To hear (something) with attention; to have regard to (something)."
],
"links": [
[
"poetic",
"poetic"
],
[
"hear",
"hear"
],
[
"attention",
"attention"
],
[
"regard",
"regard#Noun"
]
],
"qualifier": "archaic except poetic",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, archaic except poetic) To hear (something) with attention; to have regard to (something)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1750 November, “Maxims for the Conduct of Life”, in The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure: […], volume VII, number XLVIII, London: Published […] by John Hinton, […], →OCLC, page 224, column 1",
"text": "When ſhe [voluptuousness] ſpreadeth her delicacies on the table, when her wine ſparkleth in the cup, when ſhe ſmileth upon thee, and perſuadeth thee to be joyful and happy; then is the hour of danger, and let reaſon ſtand firmly on her guard: for, if thou hearkeneſt unto the words of her adverſary, thou art deceived and betrayed.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1843 January, Edgar A[llan] Poe, “The Tell-Tale Heart”, in J[ames] Russell Lowell, R[obert] Carter, editors, The Pioneer. A Literary and Critical Magazine, volume I, number I, Boston, Mass.: Leland and Whiting, […], →OCLC, page 29, column 1",
"text": "How, then, am I mad? Harken! and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tell you the whole story.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1844, [Helen Taylor], “Monday”, in The Child’s Book of Homilies. […], London: Edwards and Hughes, […]; Hatchard and Son, […], →OCLC, part II (Homilies for the Week), page 70",
"text": "Thou who art of all things Lord, / Well I know, in Galilee, / Hearkenedst to Thy mother's word, / Teach me such a child to be.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1999, Stanley Fish, “Fraught with Death”, in The Trouble with Principle, Cambridge, Mass., London: Harvard University Press, page 93",
"text": "You do not, in short, speak in order to encourage others to speak freely but in order to discourage others from disseminating or hearkening to error. You do not seek to enfranchise the community but to bind it to the truths you take to be salutary.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, compliance, or obedience."
],
"links": [
[
"listen",
"listen"
],
[
"attend",
"attend"
],
[
"give heed",
"give heed"
],
[
"utter",
"utter"
],
[
"compliance",
"compliance"
],
[
"obedience",
"obedience"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, compliance, or obedience."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To enquire; to seek information."
],
"links": [
[
"enquire",
"enquire"
],
[
"seek",
"seek"
],
[
"information",
"information"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, obsolete) To enquire; to seek information."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɑːk(ə)n/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɑɹkən/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)kən"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "harken"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "slušam",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "слушам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vslušvam se",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "вслушвам се"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "kuunnella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "kuunnella tarkkaan"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "horchen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "hören"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "lauschen"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "andhausjan",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hupakoúō",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "ὑπακούω"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "askoltar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "dare ascolto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "ascoltare con attenzione"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "prestare orecchio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "escutar atentamente"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výslušatʹ",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "вы́слушать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vnémlitʹ",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вне́млить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vnimátʹ",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "внима́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "počuti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "saslušati"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "lystra"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "dinlemek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered",
"word": "kulak vermek"
}
],
"word": "hearken"
}
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