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Heartens vs Hearkens - What's the difference?

heartens | hearkens |

As verbs the difference between heartens and hearkens

is that heartens is (hearten) while hearkens is (hearken).

heartens

English

Verb

(head)
  • (hearten)

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    hearten

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.

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    hearkens

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hearken)

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    hearken

    English

    Alternative forms

    * harken

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, obedience, or compliance.
  • * Dryden
    • The Furies hearken , and their snakes uncurl.
  • * Bible, Deuteronomy
    • Hearken , O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you.
  • (poetic) To hear by listening.
  • * Spenser
    • [She] hearkened now and then / Some little whispering and soft groaning sound.
  • To hear with attention; to regard.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The King of Naples hearkens my brother's suit.
  • (obsolete) To enquire; to seek information.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Hearken after their offense.

    Quotations

    * , Genesis 3:17 *: And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; * 1833 : , Œnone *: Dear mother Ida, harken ere I die. * 1809-49 : The Tell-Tale Heart, *: How then am I mad? Hearken ! and observe how healthily, how calmly, I can tell you the whole story.

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