Ho ho, you have always been the brightest amongst my grandchildren! But hearken now: I have come from the nether realm to entrust thee with a task of utmost importance!
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Hearken
//ˈhɑːk(ə)n//
Synonyms for "hearken" (30 found)
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Closest matches (6)
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Related words (15)
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Translations
22 translations across 12 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὑπακούω verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вслушвам се verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
- слушам verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
Finnish
2 entries- kuunnella verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
- kuunnella tarkkaan verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
German
3 entries- horchen verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
- hören verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
- lauschen verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
Ido
1 entries- askoltar verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
Italian
3 entries- ascoltare con attenzione verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
- dare ascolto verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
- prestare orecchio verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
Portuguese
1 entries- escutar atentamente verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
Russian
3 entries- вне́млить verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
- внима́ть verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
- вы́слушать verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- počuti verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
- saslušati verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
Swedish
1 entries- lystra verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
Turkish
2 entries- dinlemek verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
- kulak vermek verb (to listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered)
Sample sentences
29 total sentences available.
But gladly sire Anchises hails the sign, / and gazing upward through the starlit air, / his hands and voice together lifts in prayer: / "O Jove omnipotent, dread power benign, / if aught our piety deserve, if e'er / a suppliant move thee, hearken and incline / this once, and aid us now and ratify thy sign."
Source: tatoeba (6872764)
"Ye too, my servants, hearken my commands. / Outside the city is a mound, where, dear / to Ceres once, but now deserted, stands / a temple, and an aged cypress near, / for ages hallowed with religious fear."
Source: tatoeba (6878173)
And God said to him: Let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy, and for thy bondwoman: in all that Sara hath said to thee, hearken to her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Source: tatoeba (7867214)
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