Found 1 items, similar to To hear ill.
English → English (gcide) Definition: To hear ill Hear \Hear\, v. i. 1. To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. “The hearing ear.” --Prov. xx. 12. [1913 Webster] 2. To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen. [1913 Webster] So spake our mother Eve, and Adam heard, Well pleased, but answered not. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To be informed by oral communication; to be told; to receive information by report or by letter. [1913 Webster] I have heard, sir, of such a man. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I must hear from thee every day in the hour. --Shak. [1913 Webster] To hear ill, to be blamed. [Obs.] Not only within his own camp, but also now at Rome, he heard ill for his temporizing and slow proceedings. --Holland. To hear well, to be praised. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Note: Hear, or Hear him, is often used in the imperative, especially in the course of a speech in English assemblies, to call attention to the words of the speaker. [1913 Webster] Hear him, . . . a cry indicative, according to the tone, of admiration, acquiescence, indignation, or derision. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]