'Hearken' definitions:

Definition of 'hearken'

verb

Listen; used mostly in the imperative [syn: hark, harken, hearken]

From: GCIDE

Hearken \Heark"en\, v. t.
1. To hear by listening. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
[She] hearkened now and then Some little whispering and soft groaning sound. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
2. To give heed to; to hear attentively. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
The King of Naples . . . hearkens my brother's suit. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
To hearken out, to search out. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
If you find none, you must hearken out a vein and buy. --B. Johnson. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Hearken \Heark"en\ (h[aum]rk"'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hearkened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hearkening.] [OE. hercnen, hercnien, AS. hercnian, heorcnian, fr. hi['e]ran, h[=y]ran, to hear; akin to OD. harcken, horcken, LG. harken, horken, G. horchen. See Hear, and cf. Hark.]
1. To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply. [1913 Webster]
The Furies hearken, and their snakes uncurl. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you. --Deut. iv. 1. [1913 Webster]
2. To inquire; to seek information. [Obs.] "Hearken after their offense." --Shak.
Syn: To attend; listen; hear; heed. See Attend, v. i. [1913 Webster]