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listen

audio -ire [to hear , listen; to learn a thing by hearing]; sometimes [to listen to and believe (or obey)]; rarely [to be called]; 'bene audire', [to be well spoken of]. Hence partic. audiens -entis, as adj., [obedient];as subst. [a hearer].

auditio -onis f. [hearing , listening]; concr., [hearsay reports].

auscultator -oris m. [a listener].

ausculto -are [to hear attentively , listen to]; sometimes also [to obey]; of servants, [to attend, wait].

exaudio -ire [to hear plainly; to hear favorably , listen to].

excipio -cipere -cepi -ceptum (1) [to take out]; hence , [to rescue; to except]. (2)[to take up, catch; to greet, welcome] a person;[to pick up] news or ideas by listening; of events, [to come upon] people. (3) passively, [to receive, to take over from, follow, succeed, come later].

oboedio -ire [to obey , comply with, listen to] (with dat.); partic. oboediens -entis, [obedient, compliant]; adv. oboedienter.

subausculto -are [to listen secretly].