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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hahrk |
| Phonetic Transcription : hɑrk |
Définition of hark
Origin :- late 12c., from Old English *heorcian, perhaps an intensive form from base of hieran (see hear). Cf. talk/tale. Cognate with Old Frisian harkia "listen," Middle Dutch horken, Old High German horechon, German horchen. To hark back (1829) originally referred to hounds returning along a track when the scent has been lost, till they find it again. Related: Harked; harking.
- verb harken
- Out there in the dark there is the wild tattoo of a thousand rifles; and hark!
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- Hark ye, lad Alleyne, to what I never told man or woman yet.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- And hark you, Calderon, I tell you that I will not forego this pursuit.
- Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Three times when I turned abruptly from her to Camille and called, "Hark!"
- Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
- Hark ye, friend'—to one of the prisoners—'to what regiment do you belong?'
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- There, now he frowns again, and—hark what more he has to say.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 » by Various
- Hark, I hear the piping of the shepherd and the tinkling bell of the wether.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- Didn't you give me 'hark from the tomb' for gittin' up and goin' away?
- Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- We did not dare to move; when Laura touched my hand gently, and whispered, 'Hark!
- Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever
- Hark ye, Charley, don't say anything about the coffee-pot and the knives.
- Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles Lever
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