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Pronunciation : Hark
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. herken. See Hearken.]
Definition : Defn: To listen; to hearken. [Now rare, except in the imperative form used as an interjection, Hark! listen.] Hudibras. Hark away! Hark back! Hark forward! (Sporting), cries used to incite and guide hounds in hunting. -- To hark back, to go back for a fresh start, as when one has wandered from his direct course, or made a digression. He must have overshot the mark, and must hark back. Haggard. He harked back to the subject. W. E. Norris.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913