HARKEN
hark, harken, hearken
(verb) listen; used mostly in the imperative
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
harken (third-person singular simple present harkens, present participle harkening, simple past and past participle harkened)
(ambitransitive, chiefly, US) Alternative spelling of hearken: to hear, to listen, to have regard.
(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).
Usage notes
Where sense 2 is concerned, the bare form harken has been used since the 1980s, though some authorities frown upon this and prefer the traditional form hark back.
Anagrams
• hanker
Source: Wiktionary
Hark"en, v. t. & i.
Definition: To hearken. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition