Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hearken"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hearken \Heark"en\, v. t.
1. To hear by listening. [Archaic]

[She] hearkened now and then Some little whispering
and soft groaning sound. --Spenser.

2. To give heed to; to hear attentively. [Archaic]

The King of Naples . . . hearkens my brother's suit.
--Shak.

{To hearken out}, to search out. [Obs.]

If you find none, you must hearken out a vein and
buy. --B. Johnson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hearken \Heark"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hearkened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Hearkening}.] [OE. hercnen, hercnien, AS. hercnian,
heorcnian, fr. hi['e]ran, h?ran, to hear; akin to OD.
harcken, horcken, LG. harken, horken, G. horchen. See {Hear},
and cf. {Hark}.]
1. To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered;
to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply.

The Furies hearken, and their snakes uncurl.
--Dryden.

Hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the
judgments, which I teach you. --Deut. iv. 1.

2. To inquire; to seek information. [Obs.] ``Hearken after
their offense.'' --Shak.

Syn: To attend; listen; hear; heed. See {Attend}, v. i.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

hearken
v : listen; used mostly in the imperative [syn: {hark}, {harken}]

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