harks

Lends an ear

Harks is the third-person singular form of hark, meaning to listen or pay attention.

The word is archaic on its own but survives in set phrases.

To hark back is to return to an earlier topic or evoke something from the past: The design harks back to Victorian architecture.

Hark! as a command to listen appears mainly in old texts and Christmas carols.

listening

attend

Be present at

listenPerceive sound attentively
heedGive careful attention
earAuditory organ

attentive · hear · notice · alert · perceive · mark · note · regard · catch · discern

recollection

nostalgia

Longing for the past

reminisceRecall past experiences fondly
recallMemory retrieval act
evokeBring forth mentally

memory · bygone · yesteryear · heyday · throwback · retro · vintage · olden · remember · conjure

Opposites

attentive listening

Refuses to acknowledge

disregards · tunes out · neglects · overlooks · dismisses

temporal reference

harksanticipates

Expects before it happens

foreshadows · presages · portends · innovates · modernizes

Phrases

hark backRecall or evoke
harken backRecall something earlier
harked backReferenced the past
harking backRecalling something previous
Hark the HeraldYuletide hymn about angels

Family

hark, harked, harking, harken, harkens

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