*hear*

n. A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark-colored skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair. [ 1913 Webster ]

She left her husband almost broken-hearted. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Disconsolable; heart-broken; inconsolable; comfortless; woe-begone; forlorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. [ Obs. ] See Cheer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Timid; fearful; cowardly; easily frightened. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wanting passion or feeling or emotional warmth; indifferent.

-- cold"-heart`ed*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. an absence of concern for the welfare of others; indifference to the suffering of others.
Syn. -- heartlessness, hardheartedness. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. Cowardly. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lady Powis . . . patted him with her fan, and called him a cowhearted fellow. R. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless. -- Dead"-heart`ed*ness, n. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]

v. t. To dishearten. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disheartened p. pr. & vb. n. Disheartening. ] [ Pref. dis- + hearten. ] To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject. [ 1913 Webster ]

Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened. Macaulay.

Syn. -- To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter; terrify. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. made less hopeful or enthusiastic; as, their lack of interest disheartened the instructor. [ Narrower terms: pessimistic (vs. optimistic) ]
Syn. -- demoralized, discouraged. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Causing loss of hope or enthusiasm.
Syn. -- demoralizing, demoralising, dispiriting. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inhuman; cruel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dejected; low-spirited. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hard-hearted; sordid; gross. [ Poetic ] Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give heart to; to fill with courage; to embolden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The enemy exults and is enheartened. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fear not, neither be faint-hearted. Is. vii. 4.

-- Faint"-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Faint"-heart`ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. False-hearted. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious. Bacon. -- False"-heart`ed*ness, n. Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster]

a. Hard-hearted. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. To hear beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Metal.) The forward extension of the hearth of a blast furnace under the tymp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth. Opposite of stingy.
Syn. -- benevolent.
-- Free"-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Free"-heart`ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Full of courage or confidence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a kind or gentle disposition. Shak. -- Gen"tle-heart`ed*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

adj. benevolent. malevolent
Syn. -- kind, kindly, openhearted. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. 1. High-spirited; fearless. [ Obs. ] Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Generous; magnanimous; noble. [ wns=1 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Imperfectly or partly heard; not heard to the end. [ 1913 Webster ]

And leave half-heard the melancholy tale. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lacking zeal or courage; performed with less than a full effort; lukewarm; unenthusiastic; as, a half-hearted attempt; -- of actions. [ wns=1 ] H. James. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless. -- Hard"-heart`ed*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

adj. having a reduced ability to hear, but not fully deaf; partly deaf.
Syn. -- hearing-impaired. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Timorous; timid; easily frightened. Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Heard p. pr. & vb. n. Hearing. ] [ OE. heren, AS, . hiéran, h&ymacr_;ran, hēran; akin to OS. hōrian, OFries. hera, hora, D. hooren, OHG. hōren, G. hören, Icel. heyra, Sw. höra, Dan. hore, Goth. hausjan, and perh. to Gr. 'akoy`ein, E. acoustic. Cf. Hark, Hearken. ] 1. To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lay thine ear close to the ground, and list if thou canst hear the tread of travelers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had been heard to utter an ominous growl. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give audience or attention to; to listen to; to heed; to accept the doctrines or advice of; to obey; to examine; to try in a judicial court; as, to hear a recitation; to hear a class; the case will be heard to-morrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To attend, or be present at, as hearer or worshiper; as, to hear a concert; to hear Mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To give attention to as a teacher or judge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy matters are good and right, but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 2 Sam. xv. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

I beseech your honor to hear me one single word. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To accede to the demand or wishes of; to listen to and answer favorably; to favor. [ 1913 Webster ]

I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice. Ps. cxvi. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

They think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Matt. vi. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hear him. See Remark, under Hear, v. i. --
To hear a bird sing, to receive private communication. [ Colloq. ] Shak. --
To hear say, to hear one say; to learn by common report; to receive by rumor. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. “The hearing ear.” Prov. xx. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen. [ 1913 Webster ]

So spake our mother Eve, and Adam heard,
Well pleased, but answered not. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be informed by oral communication; to be told; to receive information by report or by letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have heard, sir, of such a man. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I must hear from thee every day in the hour. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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.

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To hear well, to be praised. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hear him, . . . a cry indicative, according to the tone, of admiration, acquiescence, indignation, or derision. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. perceptible by the ear. Opposite of inaudible. Also See: loud, perceptible.
Syn. -- audible. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

imp. & p. p. of Hear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who hears; an auditor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear. Job xlii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Hearing in a special sensation, produced by stimulation of the auditory nerve; the stimulus (waves of sound) acting not directly on the nerve, but through the medium of the endolymph on the delicate epithelium cells, constituting the peripheral terminations of the nerve. See Ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience; as, I could not obtain a hearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A listening to facts and evidence, for the sake of adjudication; a session of a court for considering proofs and determining issues. [ 1913 Webster ]

His last offenses to us
Shall have judicious hearing. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Another hearing before some other court. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Hearing, as applied to equity cases, means the same thing that the word trial does at law. Abbot. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Extent within which sound may be heard; sound; earshot. “She's not within hearing.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

They laid him by the pleasant shore,
And in the hearing of the wave. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having a hearing impairment making hearing difficult; having a defective but functioning sense of hearing.
Syn. -- hard-of-hearing. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hearkened p. pr. & vb. n. Hearkening. ] [ OE. hercnen, hercnien, AS. hercnian, heorcnian, fr. hiéran, h&ymacr_;ran, to hear; akin to OD. harcken, horcken, LG. harken, horken, G. horchen. See Hear, and cf. Hark. ] 1. To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Furies hearken, and their snakes uncurl. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you. Deut. iv. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To inquire; to seek information. [ Obs. ] “Hearken after their offense.” Shak.

Syn. -- To attend; listen; hear; heed. See Attend, v. i. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To hear by listening. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ She ] hearkened now and then
Some little whispering and soft groaning sound. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give heed to; to hear attentively. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The King of Naples . . . hearkens my brother's suit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To hearken out, to search out. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If you find none, you must hearken out a vein and buy. B. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who hearkens; a listener. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Rehearsal. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Much of the obloquy that has so long rested on the memory of our great national poet originated in frivolous hearsays of his life and conversation. Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hearsay evidence (Law), that species of testimony which consists in a narration by one person of matters told him by another. It is, with a few exceptions, inadmissible as testimony. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]