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Heed v. t. (past & past part. heeded; pres. part. heeding) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe. "With pleasure Argus the musician heeds."

Synonyms: To notice; regard; mind. See Attend, v. t.

Heed v. i. To mind; to consider.

noun

Heed n.

Attention; notice; observation; regard; often with give or take. "With wanton heed and giddy cunning." "Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand." "Birds give more heed and mark words more than beasts."

Careful consideration; obedient regard. "Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard."

A look or expression of heading. (R.) "He did it with a serious mind; a heed Was in his countenance."

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"Heed" Quotes from Famous Books

... little feet! They hardly seemed to touch the ground as they flew round; but the time too sped by with great rushing wings, though Hermann had striven to check its headlong course. They paid no heed to the dwarf and his constant warning taps on the door; the three sisters were too engrossed in the delights of the dance. But suddenly Lenore glanced at the clock; it ...

— Fairy Tales from the German Forests • Margaret Arndt

... self-effacement. The succession of pictures, even the surrender of Breda and the scene of the jolly drinkers, shared his attention with that part of the room in which he had seen the bishop rise, but he soon realised that no further discoveries were possible as yet in that direction, and began to pay more heed ...

— The Mayor of Warwick • Herbert M. Hopkins

... will be despisers of this doctrine, and they are threatened with the wrath of God—'Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish.' But would God so carefully have cautioned sinners to take heed of despising this blessed doctrine, and have backed his caution with a threatening that they shall perish, if they persist, had not he himself received by the blood of Christ full price for the ...

— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... began making his way carefully down the gorge in order to ascend upon the opposite side and secure his prize. He had no thought that the report of his gun could reach the ears of hostile persons, and he did not heed anything except the place and manner in which he put his feet in going down and ...

— Adrift in the Wilds - or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys • Edward S. Ellis

... thy restless soul employ, And wars and horrors are thy savage joy, If thou hast strength, 'twas Heaven that strength bestow'd; For know, vain man! thy valour is from God. Haste, launch thy vessels, fly with speed away; Rule thy own realms with arbitrary sway; I heed thee not, but prize at equal rate Thy short-lived friendship, and thy groundless hate. Go, threat thy earth-born Myrmidons:—but here(56) 'Tis mine to threaten, prince, and thine to fear. Know, if the god the beauteous dame demand, My bark shall waft her to her native ...

— The Iliad of Homer • Homer

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