Advertent
/ədˈvɜːtn̩t/ adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 Not inadvertent; intentional.
"There is such thing as advertent negligence in which the harm is foreseen as possible or probable."
Adjective
- 1 giving attention wordnet
Example
More examples"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”)