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Meaning of hearken



 
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Meaning of hearken Tue Feb 10, 2004 17:19 pm  Meaning of hearken		  
Hi all!

I don't get meaning of word "to hearken" and the difference between" to hearken" and" to listen".

Answer me, please
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Hearken Tue Feb 10, 2004 19:33 pm  Hearken		  
Hi Thinker,

The word is an archaic/oldfashioned verb for listen and would have been used in the first English translation of the Bible in 1611.

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Hearken Tue Feb 10, 2004 20:06 pm  Hearken		  
Hi Alan! Thank you !
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