to hearken out

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to hearken out - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hearken \Heark"en\, v. t.
     1. To hear by listening. [Archaic]
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              [She] hearkened now and then
              Some little whispering and soft groaning sound.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. To give heed to; to hear attentively. [Archaic]
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              The King of Naples . . . hearkens my brother's suit.
                                                    --Shak.
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     To hearken out, to search out. [Obs.]
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              If you find none, you must hearken out a vein and
              buy.                                  --B. Johnson.
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