HEEDED

Verb

heeded

simple past tense and past participle of heed

Source: Wiktionary


HEED

Heed, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Heeding.] Etym: [OE. heden, AS. h; akin to OS. hdian, D. hoeden, Fries. hoda, OHG. huoten, G. hĂĽten, Dan. hytte.Hood.]

Definition: 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.

Heed, v. i.

Definition: To mind; to consider.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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