Hear

a. (imp. and pp. HEARD.) [A. S. hyran, ahyrian, geheoran; D. hooren; Gr. ous, the Lat. audire, the parent of the It. udire, and Fr. ouïr, seem connected with the Sansk. oui, to hear.] To perceive by the ear; to feel, as an impre ion of sound, by the proper organs; to experience the sense of sound. "To hear, to see, to feel, and to po e ."- Byron. To give audience to, or allowance to speak: to attend; to listen to; to heed; to attend to or examine judicially; to try in a court of law or equity. "Romans, countrymen, and lovers; hear me for my cause; and be silent that you may hear."-Shaks. -To obey; to attend favorably; to regard; to grant, as an answer to a prayer or request; to accede to the wishes of. - To acknowledge or take as a title. (A Latinism.) "Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream."- Milton . To hear say, to hear another person say; to receive by rumor; to be informed by common report or talk. (Colloquially used.) "Have you not heard it said full oft, A woman's nay doth stand for naught?"-Shaks. -v. n. To enjoy the sense or faculty of perceiving sound by the ear. "The hearing ear." ( Prov . xx. 12.) – Το listen; to hearken; to attend. - To be told; to receive by report or rumor; to be informed by oral means. "I have heard, sir, of such a man."-Shaks. Heard, in Georgia , a W. co., adjoining Alabama; area, about 286 sq.m. Rivers. Chattahoochee River, and the Whitewater and Sundalhatchee creeks. Surface, uneven; soil , fertile. Min . Gold, lead, and iron. Cap . Franklin. Pop . about 8,500.