Part 5179

<note>&hand; Hearing in a special sensation, produced by stim<?/<?/ation of the auditory nerve; the stimulus (waves of sound) acting not directly on the nerve, but through the medium of the endolymph on the delicate epithelium cells, constituting the peripheral terminations of the nerve. See <er>Ear</er>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience; <as>as, I could not obtain a <ex>hearing</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A listening to facts and evidence, for the sake of adjudication; a session of a court for considering proofs and determining issues.</def>

<blockquote>His last offenses to us Shall have judicious <b>hearing</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Another <b>hearing</b> before some other court. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Hearing</i>, as applied to equity cases, means the same thing that the word <i>trial</i> does at law.</note>

<i>Abbot.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Extent within which sound may be heard; sound; earshot.</def> "She's not within <i>hearing</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>They laid him by the pleasant shore, And in the <b>hearing</b> of the wave. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hearken</h1> <Xpage=678>

<hw>Heark"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hearkened</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hearkening</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>hercnen</ets>, <ets>hercnien</ets>, AS. <ets>hercnian</ets>, <ets>heorcnian</ets>, fr. <ets>hi\'82ran</ets>, <ets>h<?/ran</ets>, to hear; akin to OD. <ets>harcken</ets>, <ets>horcken</ets>, LG. <ets>harken</ets>, <ets>horken</ets>, G. <ets>horchen</ets>. See <er>Hear</er>, and cf. <er>Hark</er>..]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply.</def>

<blockquote>The Furies <b>hearken</b>, and their snakes uncurl. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Hearken</b>, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you. <i>Deut. iv. 1.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To inquire; to seek information.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Hearken</i> after their offense."

<i>Shak.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- To attend; listen; hear; heed. See <er>Attend</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt></syn>

<h1>Hearken</h1> <Xpage=678>

<hw>Heark"en</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To hear by listening.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote> <b>hearkened</b> now and then Some little whispering and soft groaning sound. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give heed to; to hear attentively.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>The King of Naples . . . <b>hearkens</b> my brother's suit. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To hearken out</col>, <cd>to search out. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<blockquote>If you find none, you must <b>hearken out</b> a vein and buy. <i>B. Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hearkener</h1> <Xpage=678>

<hw>Heark"en*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who hearkens; a listener.</def>

<h1>Hearsal</h1> <Xpage=678>

<hw>Hear"sal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Rehearsal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>