Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hear \Hear\, v. i.
   1. To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. ``The
      Hearing ear.'' --Prov. xx. 12.

   2. To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or
      apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen.

            So spake our mother Eve, and Adam heard, Well
            pleased, but answered not.            --Milton.

   3. To be informed by oral communication; to be told; to
      receive information by report or by letter.

            I have heard, sir, of such a man.     --Shak.

            I must hear from thee every day in the hour. --Shak.

   {To hear ill}, to be blamed. [Obs.]

            Not only within his own camp, but also now at Rome,
            he heard ill for his temporizing and slow
            proceedings.                          --Holland.

   {To hear well}, to be praised. [Obs.]

   Note: Hear, or Hear him, is often used in the imperative,
         especially in the course of a speech in English
         assemblies, to call attention to the words of the
         speaker.

               Hear him, . . . a cry indicative, according to
               the tone, of admiration, acquiescence,
               indignation, or derision.          --Macaulay.