HEED

v. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe. With pleasure Argus the musician heeds. Dryden.

2.
v.

To mind; to consider.

3.
n.

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.

4.
n.

Careful consideration; obedient regard. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard. Heb. ii. 1.

5.
n.

A look or expression of heading. [R.] He did it with a serious mind; a heed Was in his countenance. Shak.

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