Hypertext Webster Gateway: "heed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Heed \Heed\, n.
1. Attention; notice; observation; regard; -- often with give
or take.

With wanton heed and giddy cunning. --Milton.

Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's
hand. --2 Sam. xx.
10.

Birds give more heed and mark words more than
beasts. --Bacon.

2. Careful consideration; obedient regard.

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to
the things which we have heard. --Heb. ii. 1.

3. A look or expression of heading. [R.]

He did it with a serious mind; a heed Was in his
countenance. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Heed \Heed\, v. i.
To mind; to consider.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Heed \Heed\ (h[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Heeded}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Heeding}.] [OE. heden, AS. h[=e]dan; akin to OS.
h[=o]dian, D. hoeden, Fries. hoda, OHG. huoten, G. h["u]ten,
Dan. hytte. [root]13. Cf. {Hood}.]
To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend
to; to observe.

With pleasure Argus the musician heeds. --Dryden.

Syn: To notice; regard; mind. See {Attend}, v. t.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

heed
n : paying particular notice (as to children or helpless
people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends
without heed to the consequences" [syn: {attentiveness},
{regard}, {paying attention}] [ant: {inattentiveness}]
v : pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of
the old men" [syn: {mind}, {listen}]


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