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heed

UK/ˈhiːd/ US/ˈhɪi̯d/ fairly common
verb (1) noun (1)

verb

1.

pay close attention to; give heed to

  • “Heed the advice of the old men”
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noun

1.

paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)

  • “his attentiveness to her wishes”
  • “he spends without heed to the consequences”
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Origin

From Middle English heden, from Old English hēdan (“to heed, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receive”), from Proto-West Germanic *hōdijan (“to heed, guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to heed, protect”). Cognate with West Frisian hoedje (“to heed”), Dutch hoeden (“to heed”), German hüten (“to heed”).

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