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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Listen \Lis"ten\ (l[i^]s"'n), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Listened} (l[i^]s"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Listening}.] [OE. listnen, listen, lustnen, lusten, AS. hlystan; akin to hlyst hearing, OS. hlust, Icel. hlusta to listen, hlust ear, AS. hlosnian to wait in suspense, OHG. hlos[=e]n to listen, Gr. kly'ein, and E. loud. [root]41. See {Loud}, and cf. {List} to listen.]
1. 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. --Holder.
2. To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey.
Listen to me, and by me be ruled. --Tennyson.
{To listen after}, to take an interest in. [Obs.]
Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors. --Fuller.
Syn: To attend; hearken. See {Attend}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
listening \listening\ n. the act of hearing attentively.
Syn: hearing. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
listening
adjective: attending to or alert for sound; "be wary of listening ears"; "government-maintained listening posts"
noun: the act of hearing attentively; "you can learn a lot by just listening"; "they make good music--you should give them a hearing" [syn: {hearing}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "listening": all ears, attention, attentive, audibility, audience, audition, aural examination, aural sense, auscultation, bugging, conference, eager attention, ear, eavesdropping, electronic surveillance, examination by ear, favorable attention, hearing, heeding, hushed attention, interview, listening in, open-eared, rapt attention, sense of hearing, tryout, wiretapping
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