3 entries under this word
v. t. [imp. & p. p. HEEDED; p. pr. & vb. n. HEEDING.] [A-S. hēdan, D. hoeden, Fries. hoda, huda, O. H. Ger. huotan, M. H. Ger. hüeten, N. H. Ger. hüten, Dan. hutte, allied to Lat. cautum, cautum, cavere, cautio.] To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
With pleasure Argus the musician heeds. Dryden.
n. 1. Attention, notice, observation, regard;—often with give or take; as, take heed to your ways.
With wanton heed and giddy cunning. Milton.
Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand. 2 Sam. xx. 10.
Sense 2. Careful, reverential, or fearful attention.
Because the preacher was wise, . . . he gave good heed, and sought out and set in order many proverbs. Eccles. xii. 9.
Sense 3. A look or expression indicating care or seriousness. [Obs. and rare.]
He did it with a serious mind; a heed Was in his countenance. Shak.
To mind; to consider. Warton.