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hearkens back

hearkens back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hearken back.

Meaning of hearken back

Verb

hearken back (third-person singular simple present hearkens back, present participle hearkening back, simple past and past participle hearkened back)

  1. (proscribed, sometimes) Synonym of hark back (“to allude, return, or revert (to a subject previously mentioned, etc.); also, to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event)”).
    • From the opening shots of the anonymous young Winterfell boy rushing to catch a glimpse of Jon Snow and Queen Daenerys Targaryen, hearkening back to those moments of the very first episode in which Arya rushed to do the same with an approaching King Robert Baratheon, the series is calling back to...2019 April 14, Alex McLevy, “Winter is Here on Game of Thrones’ Final Season Premiere (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2020
    Synonyms:
    hark back

Questions about hearkens back

What is hearkens back the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hearkens back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hearken back.

Words near hearkens back in the dictionary

  1. hearkeneth
  2. hearkening
  3. hearkening back
  4. hearkenings
  5. hearkens
  6. hearkens back
  7. hearking
  8. hearks
  9. hearn
  10. Hearnden
  11. Hearne

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