'To hearken out' definitions:

Definition of 'To hearken out'

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  • 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]

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