Verb
give heed (third-person singular simple present gives heed, present participle giving heed, simple past gave heed, past participle given heed)
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To pay attention; to heed.
- Synonyms: pay heed, take heed, hearken
1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv], page 217, column 1:I will be bold with time and your attention: / Then marke th’inducement. Thus it came; giue heede too’t: / […]
Usage notes
- Used with to when an object follows.