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hearken

Verb C2 – Mastery

To listen carefully to something, especially advice or a warning.

"The old poem urges readers to hearken to the wisdom of their elders."

"Hearken" is archaic and now used mainly in literary or biblical-sounding writing, not everyday speech.

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