to hear ill

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. "The hearing ear." --Prov. xx. 12. [1913 Webster]

2.To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen. [1913 Webster]

So spake our mother Eve, and Adam heard, Well pleased, but answered not.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.To be informed by oral communication; to be told; to receive information by report or by letter. [1913 Webster]

I have heard, sir, of such a man.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

I must hear from thee every day in the hour.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

To hear ill, to be blamed. [Obs.]

Not only within his own camp, but also now at Rome, he heard ill for his temporizing and slow proceedings.— Holland.

To hear well, to be praised. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Note: Hear, or Hear him, is often used in the imperative, especially in the course of a speech in English assemblies, to call attention to the words of the speaker. [1913 Webster]

Hear him, . . . a cry indicative, according to the tone, of admiration, acquiescence, indignation, or derision.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]