Ps. cxvi. 1.
They think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Matt. vi. 7.
Hear him. See Remark, under Hear, v. i. -- To hear a bird sing, to
receive private communication. [Colloq.] Shak. -- To hear say, to hear
one say; to learn by common report; to receive by rumor. [Colloq.]
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.