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Hear

verb

(past & past part. heard; pres. part. hearing)

Perceive (sound) via the auditory sense.

Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally. Synonyms: discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, learn, pick up, see. "I see that you have been promoted"

Examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process. Synonym: try. "The case will be tried in California"

Receive a communication from someone.

Listen and pay attention. Synonyms: listen, take heed. "We must hear the expert before we make a decision"

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... from Curracoa to Holland; there were a number of other passengers, male and female, on board, all of whom except the young lady above-mentioned were put to death; her unfortunate parents were inhumanly butchered before her eyes, and she was doomed to witness the agonies and to hear the expiring, heart-piercing groans of those whom she held most dear, and on whom she depended for protection! The life of their wretched daughter was spared for the most nefarious purposes—she was taken by the pirates to the west end of Cuba, where they had a rendezvous, with a small fort ...

— The Pirates Own Book • Charles Ellms

... sneeringly. Zaidos was so maddeningly unconcerned. Velo wondered if he could be near anyone who hated him as he hated Zaidos and not feel and fear it. The urge of Evil became like a heavy hand knocking on his heart. He almost feared Zaidos would hear ...

— Shelled by an Unseen Foe • James Fiske

... Mr Easy," replied the captain. "There, you may go now, and let me hear no more of kicking people down the hatchway. That sort ...

— Mr. Midshipman Easy • Captain Frederick Marryat

... and since I'd passed my life among the animals that are called men in those parts, I wanted just once to see the real man who said 'The whole misery of humanity seizes upon me'—and other things like that. I knew it—but now I hear it. 'His Excellency!' Wonderful! And how beautifully you said it, my dear lady. One could see him standing stiffly before one. And I wanted to go in and take him by the hand and say, 'God, I thank ...

— The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries - Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 • Various

... "You hear," she continued to Tournelli in a perfectly even voice; "or shall it be a policeman, and a charge ...

— Colonel Starbottle's Client and Other Stories • Bret Harte

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