All 5 Uses of
heed
in
The Scarlet Letter
- Take heed how thou deniest to him—who, perchance, hath not the courage to grasp it for himself—the bitter, but wholesome, cup that is now presented to thy lips!†
p. 48.8 *heed = pay close attention to; or do what is suggested
- "Pearl," said he, with great solemnity, "thou must take heed to instruction, that so, in due season, thou mayest wear in thy bosom the pearl of great price.†
p. 76.4
- Moreover, at a proper season, the tithing-men must take heed that she go both to school and to meeting.†
p. 78.8
- "Thus, a sickness," continued Roger Chillingworth, going on, in an unaltered tone, without heeding the interruption, but standing up and confronting the emaciated and white-cheeked minister, with his low, dark, and misshapen figure,—"a sickness, a sore place, if we may so call it, in your spirit hath immediately its appropriate manifestation in your bodily frame.†
p. 92.0heeding = paying close attention to; or doing what is suggested
- And take heed that thou come at my first call.†
p. 126.4heed = pay close attention to; or do what is suggested
Definition:
pay close attention to; or to do what is suggested -- especially with regard to a warning or other advice