Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context intransitive English) To turn back to an earlier topic or circumstance. 2 (context intransitive English) To go back to something as an origin or source. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To turn back to an earlier topic or circumstance. 2 (context intransitive English) To go back to something as an origin or source.
Usage examples of "hearken back".
The intention had been to hearken back to the splendor and power of the elves, but instead of radiant elven pavilions, these meeting tents looked like smoky mountains made of storm clouds.
Here we hearken back to the days of the primitive, virile, important men.
They hearken back to their seventeenth century roots, you know, especially the Puritans of seventeenth-century New England America.
This time, at least, he'd hearken back to Captain Vestrit's advice and set a bit by for himself.
No, she needed something more personal, something that would hearken back to what she'd gone through to earn it.