harkening
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 […]