Dictionary entry

Hearken (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Heark″en, v. t. 1. To hear by listening.

hearkened now and then

Some little whispering and soft groaning sound. Spenser.

2. To give heed to; to hear attentively.

The King of Naples... hearkens my brother's suit. Shak.

To hearken out, to search out.

If you find none, you must hearken out a vein and buy. B. Johnson.