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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky