hearkening
pronunciation
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Word Origin
- hearkening (n.)
- Old English heorcnung "a harkening, listening; power of hearing" (see hearken).
Example
- 1. But his servants and the woman forced him , and at length hearkening to their voice , he arose from the ground and sat upon the bed .
- 2. Stand among the golden leaves , hearkening to the tranquility while feeling the quiet summer .
- 3. And the elders of gilead say unto jephthah , ` jehovah is hearkening between us -- if according to thy word we do not so .
- 4. Divest not yourselves of the robe of grandeur , neither suffer your hearts to be deprived of remembering your lord , nor your ears of hearkening onto the sweet melodies of his wondrous , his sublime , his all-compelling , his clear , and most eloquent voice .