give heed

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Verb

give heed (third-person singular simple present gives heed, present participle giving heed, simple past gave heed, past participle given heed)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To pay attention; to heed.

   Synonyms: pay heed, take heed, hearken

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Timothy 1:4:

     Neither giue heed to fables, and endleſſe genealogies, which miniſter queſtions, rather then edifying which is in faith: ſo doe.

   • 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv], page 217, column 1:

     I will be bold with time and your attention: / Then marke th’inducement. Thus it came; giue heede too’t: / […]

Usage notes

• Used with to when an object follows.