Definitions
Perceive sound; learn
Word origin
From Middle English heren, from Old English hīeran (“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).
Used in a sentence
“I was deaf, but now I can hear.”
“I could hear them quarreling upstairs, but didn’t really listen to their argument.”
“Agayne there was dissencion amonge the iewes for these sayinges, and many of them sayd: He hath the devyll, and is madde: why heare ye hym?”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Notice by ear”4 letters
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