behear

== English == === Etymology === From be- (“at, about”) +‎ hear. Cognate with Scots behere, behear (“to hear, hear our cry”), 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) (transitive, chiefly dated) To give ear to; hear (intently); attend (to); pay attention or give heed to; listen to. 1901, A Book of romantic ballads: All that beheard his little footepage, As he watered his masters steed […] === Anagrams === he-bear