Meaning & use
Hark
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To listen carefully, typically used as a command or in a literary or archaic context.
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Hark! Do you hear the bells ringing in the distance?
The old carol begins with the line, 'Hark, the herald angels sing.'
A note on using this word
Now mostly archaic or poetic, surviving chiefly in phrases like 'hark back,' meaning to return to an earlier subject or time.
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