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harkens

harkens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of harken.

Meaning of harken

Verb

harken (third-person singular simple present harkens, present participle harkening, simple past and past participle harkened)

  1. (US, figuratively, intransitive) 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).
    • Bell argued that the manual approach was "backwards," and harkened to a primitive age where humans used gesture and pantomime.2005, Carol Padden, Tom L. Humphries, Inside Deaf Culture, page 48

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Proper noun capitalized: Harkens

Harkens

  1. (plural) plural of Harken

Phrases with harkens

Questions about harkens

What is harkens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Harkens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of harken.
What part of speech is harkens?
Harkens is a proper noun.

Words near harkens in the dictionary

  1. harkener
  2. harkeners
  3. harkening
  4. harkening back
  5. harkenings
  6. harkens
  7. harkens back
  8. Harker
  9. harkerite
  10. Harkers
  11. Harkey

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