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.]
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   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).
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   2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
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            Every unguarded word . . . was noted down.
                                                  --Maccaulay.
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   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.
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   5. To annotate. [R.] --W. H. Dixon.
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   6. To set down in musical characters.
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   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.
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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"ed*ly, adv. -- Not"ed*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, noted, renowned]
    2: worthy of notice or attention; "a noted increase in the crime
       rate"

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