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Behear

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To give ear to; hear (intently); attend (to); pay attention or give heed to; listen to. dated, transitive

    "All that beheard three witty young men, 'Twas Robin Hood, Scarlet, and John, […]"

Etymology

From be- (“at, about”) + hear. Cognate with Scots behere, behear (“to hear, hear our cry”), West Frisian beheare (“to administer; manage”), Dutch behoren (“to belong”).

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