[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

note \note\, v. t. imp.  p. p. noted; p. pr.  vb. n.
   noting. f. noter, l. notare, fr. nota. see note, n.
   1913 webster
   1. to notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to
      attend to. --pope.
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            no more of that; i have noted it well. --shak.
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            the world will little note, nor long remember, what
            we say here, but it can never forget what they did
            here.                                 --abraham
                                                  lincoln
                                                  gettysburg
                                                  address,
                                                  1863.
      pjc

   2. to record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
      1913 webster

            every unguarded word . . . was noted down.
                                                  --maccaulay.
      1913 webster

   3. to charge, as with crime with of or for before the thing
      charged; to brand. obs.
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            they were both noted of incontinency. --dryden.
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   4. to denote; to designate. --johnson.
      1913 webster

   5. to annotate. r. --w. h. dixon.
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   6. to set down in musical characters.
      1913 webster

   to note a bill or to note a draft, to record on the back
      of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest,
      which is done officially by a notary.
      1913 webster
see also:
noted noting note to note a bill to note a draft 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

noted \not"ed\, a.
   well known by reputation or report; eminent; famous;
   prominent; celebrated; as, a noted author, or traveler. --
   not"edly, adv. -- not"edness, n.
   1913 webster
see also:
not"edly not"edness 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

noted
     adj 1: widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated
            musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious
            judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"
            syn: celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious,
             notable, renowned
     2: worthy of notice or attention; "a noted increase in the
        crime rate"
see also:
celebrated famed far-famed famous illustrious notable 
renowned 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

28 moby thesaurus words for "noted":
   acclaimed, celebrated, distinguished, eminent, esteemed, fabled,
   famed, famous, far-famed, far-heard, honored, illustrious, leading,
   legendary, marked, much acclaimed, mythical, notable, notorious,
   of mark, of note, popular, prominent, renowned, respected,
   talked-about, talked-of, well-known

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