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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley