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harken

(ambitransitive, chiefly, US) : to hear, to listen, to have regard.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(ambitransitive, chiefly, US) : to hear, to listen, to have regard.

How, then, am I mad? Harken! and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tell you the whole story.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(intransitive, US, figuratively) To hark back, to return or revert (to a subject, etc.), to allude to, to evoke, to long or pine for (a past event or era).

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    — Bluesky· May 2026
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