harken

Synonyms for harken

verb hear and pay attention

variant of hearken.

That meant, naturally, that I was to approach and harken unto what he had to say.

Harken to the lecture on lobsters by Professor James Spurling!

Several of the crew had rushed down to harken to the strange disturbance.

Here it is; let us harken to it, and ponder it in the deepest depths of our heart.

To obey is better than sacrifice; and to harken than the fat of rams.

And he certain is the biggest liar it ever were my pleasure to harken unto.

Then harken unto me: 'Tis a noble day, yet nobler will tomorrow's battle be.

Harken to this anecdote from the pen of the same traveler in Brazil.

She turns to the shepherds and bids them harken to the song she will sing.

"She would neither speak to me nor harken," said he, whimsically.