What does "hearkened" mean?

simple past and past participle of hearken

What is a synonym for "hearkened"?

Common synonyms include: hark, attend, attend to, auscultate, be all ears, bend an ear.

Hearkened

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb

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simple past and past participle of hearken form-of, participle, past

Synonyms

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hark attend attend to auscultate be all ears bend an ear

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"And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work: with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life."

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