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Listened

Listen \Lis"ten\ (l[i^]s"'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Listened (l[i^]s"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Listening.] [OE. listnen, listen, lustnen, lusten, AS. hlystan; akin to hlyst hearing, OS. hlust, Icel. hlusta to listen, hlust ear, AS. hlosnian to wait in suspense, OHG. hlos[=e]n to listen, Gr. kly`ein, and E. loud. [root]4

  1. See Loud, and cf. List to listen.] 1. To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.

    When we have occasion to listen, and give a more particular attention to some sound, the tympanum is drawn to a more than ordinary tension.
    --Holder.

  2. To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey.

    Listen to me, and by me be ruled.
    --Tennyson.

    To listen after, to take an interest in. [Obs.]

    Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors.
    --Fuller.

    Syn: To attend; hearken. See Attend.

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listened

vb. (en-past of: listen)

Usage examples of "listened".

Pascal listened to the clatter of her shoes as she descended, the sound of a door opening, then Madame Lavalle's voice.

He hammered against the thick door panels, listened, then hammered again.

The more she listened the less she placed any credence in Appleyard's tip.

She found the correct place, and they listened to the sequence again, then she pressed the 'Pause' button.

She listened to his footsteps as he moved around her bedroom, then the kitchen.

If you listened once in a while, on the rare occasions when you see her, you'd know that.

Mary listened quietly, until she had the story straight - or Sam's version of it anyway.

She listened, trying to block out the words and hear only the intonation of the voice.

I think our phone calls and conversations have been listened to, much of the time.

He listened a moment more, then said in his clipped, cold, East Coast voice, 'Is this call being monitored?

He made himself some coffee, smoked several cigarettes, listened to silence and to joy.

At six-fifteen, he went downstairs, and listened intently for the approach of a taxi in the street.

He stood there, staring into the darkness, and listened to the mockery of his own useless and loving messages, his own former voice.

Gini handed the telephone once more to Malone, who again listened to his instructions with an expressionless face.

Gini listened to herself and to Pascal in Stiltskins, the restaurant where they had gone to meet Appleyard.