animadvert
[verb]
Synonyms: remark, comment, commentate, observe

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Contrasted words: disregard, ignore, overlook
Related Words: declare, say, state, tell, utter, descant, dilate, expatiate, perorate, adduce, offer, present

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animadvert verb. [,anɪmǝd'vǝ:t] LME.
[Latin animadvertere, from animum the mind + advertere ADVERT verb.]
1. verb trans. Pay attention to, observe. LME-L17.
■ I. Newton The light..shall in comparison not be strong enough to be animadverted.

2. verb intrans. Pay attention to; observe, remark, consider, (that). M16.
■ Henry Fielding Animadvert that you are in the house of a great lady.

3. verb intrans. Pass criticism or censure on (occas. against). M17.
■ Pope Your grace very justly animadverts against the too great disposition of finding faults.
■ H. James He..inclined a critical head to either quarter, and..animadverted to his companion on this passage and that.

4. verb intrans. Pass judgement, take punitive action, (against, (up)on). arch. L17.
■ James Mill It is for the tribunal before which he offends to animadvert upon his conduct.

■ animadverter noun M17.

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