behear
Verb
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Verb
behear (behears, present participle behearing; past and past participle beheard)
- (transitive, mostly, dated) To give ear to; hear (intently); attend (to); pay attention or give heed to; listen to.
- 1826, Robin Hood:
- All that beheard three witty young men, 'Twas Robin Hood, Scarlet, and John, […]
- 1877, The Sunday magazine:
- In some incidental way he beheard him of the poor widow's difficulty, and at once the manhood in him asserted itself.
- 1896, Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Dashiell, Scribner's magazine, Volume 20:
- "Did you do it yoursel', Grizel ? God behears, she did it hersel!"
- 1897, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, The novels and tales of Robert Louis Stevenson:
- "The good Lord behear!" he exclaimed, stood stock-still for a moment, and waddled off at top speed towards the back door. "We must tell Aunt at once! […] "
- 1901, A Book of romantic ballads:
- All that beheard his little footepage, As he watered his masters steed […]
- 1972, Billboard - Aug 26, 1972:
- He has a touch so precise yet delicate that it is a joy to behear.
- 1978, Jazz:
- We knew that feedback could affect the turntable/arm/cartridge resonances in ways unpleasant and unrealistic to behear. To our surprise, the Linn, compared against the est Japanese and European turntables, did sound better.
- 1996, Musician:
- His cymbal wash during the five songs taken from a live Swedish radio broadcast is a wonder to behear.
- 2008, The Wire:
- Still, this is a pretty joyous thing to behear.
- 1826, Robin Hood:
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