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Definition
pay close attention to; or to do what is suggested — especially with regard to a warning or other advice
- She threw herself on a chair, not heeding that she was in the dazzling sun-rays: if there were discomfort in that, how could she tell that it was not part of her inward misery?Book 4 — Three Love Problems (98% in)
- She was full of confident hope about this interview with Lydgate, never heeding what was said of his personal reserve; never heeding that she was a very young woman.Book 8 — Sunset and Sunrise (29% in)
- She was full of confident hope about this interview with Lydgate, never heeding what was said of his personal reserve; never heeding that she was a very young woman.Book 8 — Sunset and Sunrise (29% in)
- Now, I saw in my dream, that just as they had ended their talk, they drew nigh to a very miry slough, that was in the midst of the plain; and they, being heedless, did both fall suddenly into the bog.Book 8 — Sunset and Sunrise (51% in)
- The cordial, pleading tones which seemed to flow with generous heedlessness above all the facts which had filled Rosamond's mind as grounds of obstruction and hatred between her and this woman, came as soothingly as a warm stream over her shrinking fears.Book 8 — Sunset and Sunrise (63% in)
There are no more uses of "heed" in Middlemarch.
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