Meaning & use
Harks
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Listens attentively; or, in the phrase 'harks back', recalls or returns to an earlier time or idea.
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The song harks back to the folk melodies of the 1960s.
He harks to every word his mentor says.
A note on using this word
Most commonly seen today in the phrase 'hark back to', meaning to remind of or return to something earlier.
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