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 Hear, v. i.
 1. To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. “The hearing ear.”
 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.
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