Harking

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of harking back; a reversion or return.

    "Despite such harkings to the Old Muscovite past, the trappings of European life inevitably followed once the Russians began to live in European settings."

  2. 2
    Abbreviation of hypothesizing after results are known abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of hark form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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attendattend toauscultatebe all earsbend an earbug

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"Despite such harkings to the Old Muscovite past, the trappings of European life inevitably followed once the Russians began to live in European settings."

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