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hark

[hahrk]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

to listen attentively; hearken.

verb (used with object)

Archaic.��to listen to; hear.

noun

a hunter's shout to hounds, as to encourage them in following the scent.

verb phrase

1. (of hounds) to return along the course in order to regain a lost scent.
2. to return to a previous subject or point; revert.
  He kept harking back to his early days in vaudeville.

hark

/ ��ɑː�� /

verb

(intr; usually imperative) to listen; pay attention

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Other Word Forms

unharked adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hark¹

1175–1225; Middle English herken, earlier herkien, Old English *heorcian; cognate with Old Frisian herkia, harkia; akin to Middle Dutch harken, Middle High German, German horchen. See hearken, hear

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hark¹

Old English heorcnian to _hearken ; related to Old Frisian herkia, Old High German ��ō��𳦳��; see _hear

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There was no trace of the ideologue as she harked back to the origins of “John Proctor Is the Villain.”

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People loved the vintage look of the pink toilets, which hark back to a time when bathrooms — whole houses, really — weren’t quite so bland and boring.

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He harks back to Verdi and the late 19th century but with his own unexpected turns of phrase.

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The black-and-white “Burt” is an earnest, stripped-down dramedy, filled with sly humor and surprising twists that harks to classic indie films of the early ’90s in its raw, low-key elegance.

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When built, it was intended as a "hark back to the history of bathing machines in Margate", which were used frequently in the town during Victorian times.

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harissa hark back

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