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/lˈɪsən/ Listen

verb

Listen v. t. To attend to. (Obs.)

Listen v. i. (past & past part. listened; pres. part. listening)

To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend. "When we have occasion to listen, and give a more particular attention to some sound, the tympanum is drawn to a more than ordinary tension."

To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey. "Listen to me, and by me be ruled."

To listen after, to take an interest in. (Obs.) "Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors."

Synonyms: To attend; hearken. See Attend.

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"Listen" Quotes from Famous Books

... raved. "I must take it to a new country, to America, where they invent things themselves, and are willing to listen, and anxious to try!" ...

— Pharaoh's Broker - Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner • Ellsworth Douglass

... "That devil—Listen: there was a Drilgo he disliked. He threw him out of the boat just before she landed at the cave. Everything was in plain sight, plainer than things are here. But he was never seen again. For God's sake, lad, ...

— Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 • Various

... two or three Catholics, peasants of the neighbourhood, come to look on and listen. The simple, intelligible service, the quiet fervour of the assembly, might well impress a sceptical beholder. Even more impressive is the inscription over the door. A tablet records how the first Protestant church was pulled down by ...

— In the Heart of the Vosges - And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" • Matilda Betham-Edwards

... fact, it was my wife who suggested it: that she would be very glad to call on Mrs. Barnet and get into her confidence. She seems to think that Mrs. Barnet is rather alone in the town, and without advisers. Her impression is that your wife will listen to reason. Emily has a wonderful way of winning the hearts of people ...

— Wessex Tales • Thomas Hardy

... dear"—the Beaubien had long since begged Carmen always to address her thus when they were sharing alone these hours of confidence—"they will not listen to my message! They laugh ...

— Carmen Ariza • Charles Francis Stocking

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