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behear

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Verb — To listen closely and carefully to something.

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Etymology

Formed from be- (“at, about”) and hear. It is cognate with Scots behere, behear (“to hear, hear our cry”), West Frisian beheare (“to administer; manage”), and Dutch behoren (“to belong”).

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