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[syn: hark, harken, hearken]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hark \Hark\ (h[aum]rk), v. i. [OE. herken. See Hearken.]
To listen; to hearken. [Now rare, except in the imperative
form used as an interjection, Hark! listen.] --Hudibras.
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Hark away! Hark back! Hark forward! (Sporting), cries
used to incite and guide hounds in hunting.
To hark back, to go back for a fresh start, as when one has
wandered from his direct course, or made a digression.
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He must have overshot the mark, and must hark back.
--Haggard.
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He harked back to the subject. --W. E.
Norris.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hark
v 1: listen; used mostly in the imperative [syn: hark,
harken, hearken]