Advertent

//ədˈvɜːtn̩t// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Attentive.

    "Is he rich, prosperous, great? yet he continues safe, because he continues humble, watchful, advertent, lest he should be deceived and transported"

  2. 2
    Not inadvertent; intentional.

    "There is such thing as advertent negligence in which the harm is foreseen as possible or probable."

Adjective
  1. 1
    giving attention wordnet

Synonyms

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attentiveagogalertall earsall eyesassiduous

Example

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"Is he rich, prosperous, great? yet he continues safe, because he continues humble, watchful, advertent, lest he should be deceived and transported"

Etymology

Apparently a back-formation from inadvertent, or a learned borrowing from Latin advertent-, advertens, present participle of advertere, from the verb adverto (“I give or draw attention to”)

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