harken/ˈhɑːk(ə)n/EtymologyBorrowed from North German Harken.nameA surname from German.verbTo hark back, to return or revert (to a subject, etc.), to allude to, to evoke, to long or pine for (a past event or era).“Bell argued that the manual approach was "backwards," and harkened to a primitive age where humans used gesture and pantomime.”