- hark⇄expr. hark back,
a. to go back; turn back; revert.
Ex. His ideas hark back twenty years.
b. to call back; recall.
Ex. There is but one that harks me back (Henry Taylor). - hark⇄hark, verb, noun.
- hark⇄noun a cry to the hounds in hunting.
- hark⇄v.i. to listen; hearken.
Ex. Hark! Hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings (Shakespeare). - hark⇄v.t. (Archaic.) to listen to; hear.
Ex. Hark the clock within (Tennyson).