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heared verb Past tense and past participle of hear.

1813 Hartsell Journal 125 General Jackson fired three Canons off which was the first that I ever heared in my life. 1845 Sevier Co Court This cause comming on to be finally heared and determined before the Honorable Robert J. Anderson Judge. 1864 Wilson Confederate Private 50 (May 22) we heared the cannon plain but we have not heared what was done in the engagement. 1913 Kephart Our Sthn High 120 They've heered tell about the judges. 1953 Atwood Verbs East US 16 From c. Pa. to the southwest the form heered /hird/ becomes increasingly common among informants of Type I [i.e. older speakers having little formal education]. A related form /hj.?d/, which obviously results from a shift of stress to the second element of the ... diphthong, begins to be recorded in n. W.Va. and becomes increasingly more frequent to the south and southwest; in the mountain areas south of the Kanawha it is almost the only variant recorded. 1973 GSMNP-84:30 I got up here at the gap of the ridge, and I heared them down there, whooping and hollering, and of course it scared me. 1989 Matewan OHP-9 I heared my granddaddy talk about it.