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heark

heark is the obsolete form of hark.

Meaning of hark

Verb

hark (third-person singular simple present harks, present participle harking, simple past and past participle harked)

  1. (archaic, imperative, often) To listen attentively.
    • But harke, I heare the footing of a man.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Forms of heark

third-person singular presenthearks
present participlehearking
past participlehearked
pasthearked

Questions about heark

What is heark the obsolete form of?
Heark is the obsolete form of hark.

Words near heark in the dictionary

  1. hearing-ear dogs
  2. hearing-impaired
  3. hearingless
  4. hearingly
  5. hearings
  6. heark
  7. hearked
  8. hearkee
  9. hearken
  10. hearken back
  11. hearkened

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