(transitive, archaic except poetic) To hear (something) with attention; to have regard to (something).

simple past tense and past participle of hearken

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hearken

present participle of hearken

The act of one who hearkens or listens.

plural of hearkener

One who hearkens; a listener.

plural of hearkening

(sometimes proscribed) Synonym of hark back (“to allude, return, or revert (to a subject previously mentioned, etc.); also, to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event)”)

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hearken back