hearkening

Meanings

• Verb

  To listen carefully and intently.

  - "I hearken to your words."
  - "The crowd hearkened to the speaker's message."

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Variants

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harken , harkened , harkening , harkens , hearken , hearkened , hearkening , hearkens , harken back , harkened back , harkening back , harkens back , hearken back , hearkened back , hearkening back , hearkens back

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'to hear' or 'to hearken' in Old English, derived from the Proto-Germanic word 'herkana'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'hearken' has fewer letters than the word 'listen'.

2. In Middle English, 'hearken' also meant 'to obey' or 'to follow'.

3. The word 'hearken' is rarely used in modern English outside of formal or literary contexts.

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Related Concepts

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1. listening: The act of giving one's attention to sound in order to hear and understand.

2. attention: The ability to focus one's mental capacity on a particular task or stimulus.

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Culture

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In literature, 'hearkening' is often used to emphasize the importance of listening carefully and attentively, such as in Shakespeare's Macbeth: 'Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell / That summons thee to heaven or to hell.'

How to Memorize "hearkening"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the act of putting your ear close to a source of sound and focusing intently on it.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'hearkening' with the act of listening carefully and attentively.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the first letter of each word in 'He' (hear) 'A' (attentively) 'R' (receive) 'K' (knowledge) 'E' (effectively) 'N' (now)

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