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Webster 1913 Edition


Overhear

Oˊver-hear′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Overheard
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Overhearing
.]
[AS.
oferhiéran
.]
1.
To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice.
Shak.
2.
To hear again.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Overhear

OVERHE'AR

,
Verb.
T.
To hear by accident; to hear what is not addressed to the hearer, or not intended to be heard by him.

Definition 2024


overhear

overhear

English

Verb

overhear (third-person singular simple present overhears, present participle overhearing, simple past and past participle overheard)

  1. To hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears.

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