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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin