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Heed v. t. (past & past part. heeded; pres. part. heeding) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe. "With pleasure Argus the musician heeds."

Synonyms: To notice; regard; mind. See Attend, v. t.

Heed v. i. To mind; to consider.

noun

Heed n.

Attention; notice; observation; regard; often with give or take. "With wanton heed and giddy cunning." "Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand." "Birds give more heed and mark words more than beasts."

Careful consideration; obedient regard. "Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard."

A look or expression of heading. (R.) "He did it with a serious mind; a heed Was in his countenance."

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Etymology of 'Heed'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Heed" Quotes from Famous Books

... and the way by which the former heirs of Cairnforth had used to make themselves popular from boyhood, by going among the tenantry, hunting, shooting, fishing, and boating, was impossible to this earl. His distant dependents hardly remembered his existence, and he took no heed of theirs, until a few months before he came of age, when one of these slight chances which often determine so much ...

— A Noble Life • Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

... so, it is a prime condition for doing any great work—any work which is to outlive its own age, that a man pay no heed to his contemporaries, their views and opinions, and the praise or blame which they bestow. This condition is, however, fulfilled of itself when a man really does anything great, and it is fortunate that ...

— The Art of Literature • Arthur Schopenhauer

... magnificent garments and horses of these grandees. As Charles did not appear, the only person in the endless procession who attracted her attention was Massi, whom she soon discovered on his insignificant little horse; but he did not heed her eager signals, for he was talking earnestly to the occupant of the large litter borne by two mules ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... she chatted up to him, for the tell-tale consciousness and perhaps heightened colour. But when he was looking back into her face he looked straight before him, over the heads of the admiring eyes, and paid no smallest heed to them. Neither was he in the least self-conscious with her. She wondered if he even realised that the tte—tte he accepted so simply would have been a joy of heaven to many. Anyhow, far from resenting his seeming want of due appreciation, she found it made ...

— Winding Paths • Gertrude Page

... and sixty days. So after all, God had a true church during the Dark Ages—a people that stood in opposition to the abounding corruption and iniquity of the church of Rome; a people that rejected the established hierarchy and gave heed to the Word and Spirit of God. But their numbers were so few, comparatively, that the operations of the two witnesses were greatly limited; hence they are represented as being clothed in sackcloth, a ...

— The Revelation Explained • F. Smith

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