listen after

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English

Verb

listen after (third-person singular simple present listens after, present participle listening after, simple past and past participle listened after)

(transitive) To take notice of.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A Millar, , →OCLC:
  She pricks up her ears to listen after the voice of her pursuer.
- 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Roger Daniel for John Williams, , →OCLC:
  Soldiers note Forts, Armouries, and Magazines; Scholars listen after Libraries, Disputations, and Professours.
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
  I will […] listen after Humfrey, how he proceedes.

References

“listen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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