v. i.
When we have occasion to listen, and give a more particular attention to some sound, the tympanum is drawn to a more than ordinary tension. Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]
Listen to me, and by me be ruled. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
To listen after,
Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors. Fuller.
v. t. To attend to. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who listens; a hearkener. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. the act of hearing attentively.