ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Harking

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Harking is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of hark.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of hark.

More Meanings

  1. The act of harking back; a reversion or return.

Example Sentences

Despite such harkings to the Old Muscovite past, the trappings of European life inevitably followed once the Russians began to live in European settings.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include harken, hearken, back-ganging, recall, regredience, reversion.

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