To hear ill

Hear \Hear\, v. i.
   1. To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. "The
      hearing ear." --Prov. xx. 12.
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   2. To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or
      apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen.
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            So spake our mother Eve, and Adam heard,
            Well pleased, but answered not.       --Milton.
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   3. To be informed by oral communication; to be told; to
      receive information by report or by letter.
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            I have heard, sir, of such a man.     --Shak.
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            I must hear from thee every day in the hour. --Shak.
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   {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.]
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   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.
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               Hear him, . . . a cry indicative, according to
               the tone, of admiration, acquiescence,
               indignation, or derision.          --Macaulay.
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