“heareth” is a form of
hear
UK /ˈhɪə/ · US /ˈhɪɚ/ verb, interjection
Forms hears hearing heard 'ear heare
- verb (intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear. “I was deaf, but now I can hear.”
- verb (transitive, stative) To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way. “I could hear them quarreling upstairs, but didn’t really listen to their argument.”
- verb (transitive) To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
- verb (transitive) To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.). “Eventually the king chose to hear her entreaties.”
- verb (transitive) To receive information about; to come to learn of.
- verb To be contacted by. [with from] “I haven't heard from you in a while; how have you been?”
- verb (transitive, law) To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try. “Your case will be heard at the end of the month.”
- verb (transitive, informal) To sympathize with; to understand the feelings or opinion of. “You're tired of all the ads on TV? I hear ya.”
- interjection you hear me
Synonyms
catch adjudge rule on try adjudicate arbitrate deem doom judge settle learn get word get wind pick up find out get a line discover see listen take heed
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English har, heoren, her, here, heren, from Old English hēran, hīeran, hīran, hȳran (“to hear”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti (“to be sharp-eared”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) + *h₂ows- (“ear”) + *-yéti (denominative suffix).
Cognate with North Frisian hear, hiar, hiir, hiire (“to hear”), Saterland Frisian heere, here (“to hear”), West Frisian hearre (“to hear”), Bavarian hearn (“to hear”), Central Franconian hüre (“to hear”), Cimbrian hòrran, höarn (“to hear”), Dutch horen (“to hear”), German and Low German hören (“to hear”), Luxembourgish héieren (“to hear”), Yiddish הערן (hern, “to hear”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høre (“to hear”), Elfdalian ära (“to hear”), Faroese hoyra (“to hear”), Icelandic heyra (“to hear”), Norwegian Nynorsk haur, høra, høre, høyra, høyre (“to hear”), Swedish höra (“to hear”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hausjan, “to hear”); also Greek ακούγω (akoúgo), ακούω (akoúo, “to hear”), Italiot Greek κούω (koúo, “to hear”), Tocharian B āks- (“to awaken”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb 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.
- verb 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.
- verb To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. "The Hearing ear." Prov. xx. 12.
- verb To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen.
Etymology [OE. heren, AS,. hiéran, hran, hran; akin to OS. h, OFries. hera, hora, D. hooren, OHG. h, G. hören, Icel. heyra, Sw: höra, Dan. hore, Goth. hausjan, and perh. to Gr. acoustic. Cf. Hark, Hearken.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “hear”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details