Listen: alternatives and connections

To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.

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To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard.

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To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to listen secretly to what…

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To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sig…

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To listen; to hearken.

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To hearken.

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To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply.

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To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to…

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A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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To be placed in a center; to be central.

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To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.

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To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of li…

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A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

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To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of.

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To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character,…

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One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.

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A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down…

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One who, or that which, attends.

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One who, or that which, attends.

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A hearer or listener.

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A hearer or listener.

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of Hear

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of Hear

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of Listen

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of Listen

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The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritu…

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The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritu…

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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.

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To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to listen secretly to what…

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To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to listen secretly to what…

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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.

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To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.

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The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritu…

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