to hear well

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to hear well - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hear \Hear\, v. i.
     1. To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. "The
        hearing ear." --Prov. xx. 12.
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     2. To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or
        apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen.
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              So spake our mother Eve, and Adam heard,
              Well pleased, but answered not.       --Milton.
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     3. To be informed by oral communication; to be told; to
        receive information by report or by letter.
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              I have heard, sir, of such a man.     --Shak.
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              I must hear from thee every day in the hour. --Shak.
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     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.]
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     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.
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                 Hear him, . . . a cry indicative, according to
                 the tone, of admiration, acquiescence,
                 indignation, or derision.          --Macaulay.
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