Word Meanings - HEARKEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

to hear; akin to OD. harcken, horcken, LG. harken, horken, G. 1. To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply. The Furies hearken, and their snakes uncurl. Dryden. Hearken, O Israel,

Additional info about word: HEARKEN

to hear; akin to OD. harcken, horcken, LG. harken, horken, G. 1. To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply. The Furies hearken, and their snakes uncurl. Dryden. Hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you. Deut. iv. 1. 2. To inquire; to seek information. "Hearken after their offense." Shak. Syn. -- To attend; listen; hear; heed. See Attend, v. i.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of HEARKEN)

• Listen
• Hear
• attend
• hearken
• incline
• give ear
• heed

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of HEARKEN)

• Trend
• diverge
• ascend
• deter
• rise
• indispose
• disincline

Related words: (words related to HEARKEN)

• ASCENDANCY; ASCENDANCE
  See ASCENDENCY
• LISTEN
  hlyst hearing, OS. hlust, Icel. hlusta to listen, hlust ear, AS. hlosnian to wait in suspense, OHG. hlosen to listen, Gr. loud. sq. 1. To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend. When we have occasion
• LISTENER
  One who listens; a hearkener.
• ASCENDENCY
  Governing or controlling influence; domination; power. An undisputed ascendency. Macaulay. Custom has an ascendency over the understanding. Watts. Syn. -- Control; authority; influence; sway; dominion; prevalence; domination.
• ATTENDMENT
  An attendant circumstance. The uncomfortable attendments of hell. Sir T. Browne.
• ASCENDIBLE
  Capable of being ascended; climbable.
• DETERRATION
  The uncovering of anything buried or covered with earth; a taking out of the earth or ground. Woodward.
• ASCENDING
  Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite. -- As*cend"ing*ly, adv. Ascending latitude , the increasing latitude of a planet. Ferguson. -- Ascending line , the line of relationship traced backward or through one's ancestors. One's father and
• DETERMINER
  One who, or that which, determines or decides.
• DETERMINIST
  One who believes in determinism. Also adj.; as, determinist theories.
• INCLINED
  Making an angle with some line or plane; -- said of a line or plane. (more info) 1. Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue. "Each pensively
• DETERMINISM
  The doctrine that the will is not free, but is inevitably and invincibly determined by motives. Its superior suitability to produce courage, as contrasted with scientific physical determinism, is obvious. F. P. Cobbe.
• ATTEND
  L. attendre to stretch, , to apply the mind to; ad + 1. To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard. The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskillful words of the passenger. Sir P. Sidney.
• HEARKENER
  One who hearkens; a listener.
• INDISPOSE
  1. To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify. 2. To disorder slightly as regards health; to make somewhat. Shak. It made him rather indisposed than sick. Walton. 3. To disincline; to render averse or unfavorable; as, a love of pleasure indisposes
• DETERRENCE
  That which deters; a deterrent; a hindrance.
• DETERMINATIVE
  Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive. Incidents . . . determinative of their course. I. Taylor. Determinative tables , tables presenting the specific character of minerals, plants, etc., to assist in determining the
• DETERMINATELY
  1. In a determinate manner; definitely; ascertainably. The principles of religion are already either determinately true or false, before you think of them. Tillotson. 2. Resolutely; unchangeably. Being determinately . . . bent to marry. Sir P.
• DETERGENT
  Cleansing; purging. -- n.
• DETERSIVELY
  In a way to cleanse.
• INDETERMINABLE
  Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited. -- In`de*ter"mi*na*bly, adv.
• SELF-DETERMINATION
  Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.
• UNDETERMINABLE
  Not determinable; indeterminable. Locke.
• PREDETERMINATION
  The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will. Hammond.
• PREINDISPOSE
  To render indisposed beforehand. Milman.
• INDETERMINATE
  Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. Paley. Indeterminate analysis , that branch of analysis which has for its object the solution of indeterminate problems. -- Indeterminate
• UNDETERMINATION
  Indetermination. Sir M. Hale.
• INDETERMINED
  Undetermined.
• GLISTEN
  To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars. Syn. -- See Flash. (more info) glisnian, akin to E. glitter. See Glitter, v. i., and cf.