Meaning & use
hearkens
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Listens attentively to something, or refers back to an earlier time or idea (third-person singular of "hearken").
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The design hearkens back to the architecture of the 1920s.
He rarely hearkens to advice, no matter how sound it is.
A note on using this word
Mostly seen today in the phrase "hearken back," meaning to recall or resemble something from the past; it survives from an older, more formal register of English.
Words with a similar meaning
heedsrecalls
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Words with an opposite meaning
ignores
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