hark
📖 Definitions
verb intr.
1. To listen attentively.
2. Hark back
to allude to or return to a previous topic, time, event, etc.
💬 Usage Examples
“Such renamings often purport to hark back to an unsullied past, but are really exercises in nationalist mythmaking.” A Guide to Renamed Cities; The Economist (London, UK); Mar 26, 2022.