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Thesaurus: overhear

To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice.

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Definitions

  1. v. t. To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice.
  2. v. t. To hear again.
  3. v. hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
  4. 1. To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice. Shak. 2. To hear again. ShaK.
  5. v:100 v hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers