Third person singular present tense of 'hear'; perceives sounds through the ear or receives information.
From Old English 'hieran' related to German 'hören' and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European 'h₂eḱ-' meaning to perceive. The word has maintained remarkable consistency across Germanic languages for over a millennium.
The verb 'hear' is so fundamental that it's remained virtually unchanged across centuries of language evolution - it's one of our most stable words. Interestingly, 'hear' originally carried stronger connotations of obeying or heeding, which survives in phrases like 'hear ye!' in courtrooms.
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