Hypertext Webster Gateway: "overhear"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Overhear \O`ver*hear"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overheard}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Overhearing}.] [AS. oferhi['e]ran.]
1. To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard;
to hear by accident or artifice. --Shak.
2. To hear again. --ShaK.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
overhear
v : hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; "We
overheard the conversation at the next table" [syn: {catch},
{take in}]
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