harkening
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
harkening
- present participle and gerund of harken
Noun[edit]
harkening (plural harkenings)
- The act of one who harkens or listens.
- 1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, Olalla:
- The sight of his scared face, his starts and pallors and sudden harkenings, unstrung me […]