HE'ARING, ppr. Perceiving by the ear, as sound.

1. Listening to attending to obeying observing what is commanded.
2. Attending to witnesses or advocates in a judicial trial trying.

HE'ARING, n. The faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.

1. Audience attention to what is delivered opportunity to be heard. I waited on the minister, but could not obtain a hearing.
2. Judicial trial attention to the facts, testimony and arguments in a cause between parties, with a view to a just decision.
3. The act of perceiving sounds sensation or perception of sound.

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear. Job 42

And to the others he said in my hearing. Ezekiel 9

4. Reach of the ear extent within which sound may be heard. He was not within hearing.