To pay attention to sound; to make a conscious effort to hear something and understand it.
Origin
Old English hlysnan, from Proto-Germanic *hlusnjana. Related to Old High German hlosen. The silent T crept in during the 16th century by association with list (an archaic verb meaning to hear).
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