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hark

[ hahrk ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to listen attentively; hearken.


verb (used with object)

  1. Archaic. to listen to; hear.

noun

  1. 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

/ ³óÉ‘Ë°ì /

verb

  1. intr; usually imperative to listen; pay attention
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog 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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hark1

Old English heorcnian to hearken ; related to Old Frisian herkia, Old High German ³óÅ°ù±ð³¦³ó±ð²Ô; see hear
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Sienkiewicz said he enjoys the “grunge†technology in the story, which harks back to something familiar.

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The two properties, both built in 1735, hark back to a time when the area was very different.

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Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis has an intuitive understanding of film language that harks back to the silent greats like Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford.

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Kendrick - and his beef with Drake - also hark back to the origins of hip-hop in another way.

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Despite its title that harks back to 19th century fiction, this new novel from Flores takes place in a near-future dystopia and continues his wonderfully nutty style.

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