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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Heed

Heed (hēd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Heeding.] [OE. heden, AS. hēdan; akin to OS. hōdian, D. hoeden, Fries. hoda, OHG. huoten, G. hüten, Dan. hytte. √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.

Heed, v. i. 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.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.