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behear

English

Etymology

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

Verb

behear (third-person singular simple present behears, present participle behearing, simple past and past participle beheard)

  1. (transitive, chiefly dated) To give ear to; hear (intently); attend (to); pay attention or give heed to; listen to.
    • 1826, Robin Hood:
      All that beheard three witty young men, 'Twas Robin Hood, Scarlet, and John, […]
    • 1877, The Sunday magazine:
      In some incidental way he beheard him of the poor widow's difficulty, and at once the manhood in him asserted itself.
    • 1896, Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Dashiell, Scribner's magazine, Volume 20:
      "Did you do it yoursel', Grizel ? God behears, she did it hersel!"
    • 1897, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, The novels and tales of Robert Louis Stevenson:
      "The good Lord behear!" he exclaimed, stood stock-still for a moment, and waddled off at top speed towards the back door. "We must tell Aunt at once! […] "
    • 1901, A Book of romantic ballads:
      All that beheard his little footepage, As he watered his masters steed […]
    • 1972, Billboard - Aug 26, 1972:
      He has a touch so precise yet delicate that it is a joy to behear.
    • 1978, Jazz:
      We knew that feedback could affect the turntable/arm/cartridge resonances in ways unpleasant and unrealistic to behear. To our surprise, the Linn, compared against the est Japanese and European turntables, did sound better.
    • 1996, Musician:
      His cymbal wash during the five songs taken from a live Swedish radio broadcast is a wonder to behear.
    • 2008, The Wire:
      Still, this is a pretty joyous thing to behear.

Anagrams

  • he-bear

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beshear

English

Etymology

From Middle English bischeren, from Old English bes?ieran, besceran (“to shear, shave, cut hair, give the tonsure”), equivalent to be- (“around, off, away”) +? shear.

Verb

beshear (third-person singular simple present beshears, present participle beshearing, simple past beshore or besheared, past participle beshorn or besheared)

  1. (transitive) To shear or shave all around; shear all over.

Anagrams

  • Basheer, behears, beshare, he-bears, she-bear

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