hear

HEAR, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive heard, but more correctly heared.[Latin audio; auris.]1. To perceive by the ear; to feel an impression of sound by the proper organs; as, to hear sound; to hear a voice; to hear words.2. To give audience or allowance to speak.He sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. Acts 24:4.3. To attend; to listen; to obey.Today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your heart. Psalms 95:7.4. To attend favorably; to regard.They think they shall be heard for their much speaking. Matthew 6:7.5. To grant an answer to prayer.I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice. Psalms 116:1.6. To attend to the facts, evidence, and arguments in a cause between parties; to try in a court of law or equity. The cause was heard and determined at the last term; or, it was heard at the last term, and will be determined at the next. Song of Solomon 2:14Sam.15.7. To acknowledge a title; a Latin phrase.HEAR'st thou submissive, but a lowly birth.8. To be a hearer of; to sit under the preaching of; as, what minister do you hear? [A colloquial use of the word.]9. To learn.I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him. John 8:43.10. To approve and embrace.They speak of the world, and the world heareth them. l John 4:1.To hear a bird sing, to receive private communication.HEAR, verb intransitive To enjoy the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. He is deaf, he cannot hear 1. To listen; to hearken; to attend.He hears with solicitude.2. To be told; to receive by report.I hear there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it. 1 Corinthians 11:18