HEAR
Hear, v. i.
1. To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. "The Hearing ear." Prov. xx. 12.
2. To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen. So spake our mother Eve, and Adam heard, Well pleased, but answered not. Milton.
3. To be informed by oral communication; to be told; to receive information by report or by letter. I have heard, sir, of such a man. Shak. I must hear from thee every day in the hour. Shak. To hear ill, to be blamed. [Obs.] Not only within his own camp, but also now at Rome, he heard ill for his temporizing and slow proceedings. Holland. — To hear well, to be praised. [Obs.]
Note: Hear, or Hear him, is often used in the imperative, especially in the course of a speech in English assemblies, to call attention to the words of the speaker. Hear him, . . . a cry indicative, according to the tone, of admiration, acquiescence, indignation, or derision. Macaulay.
HEARD
Heard,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Hear.
HEARER
Hear"er, n.
Defn: One who hears; an auditor.
HEARING
Hear"ing, n.