ANIMADVERSEVERB
to notice, to comment upon ...1642 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Latin animadvers- ppl. stem of animadvertere, to turn the mind to, to take notice of FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1642 - see Example below EXAMPLE "...All the Fathers might be revised and briefly animadversed." From: A Collection of Speeches made by Sir Edward Dering Knight and Baronet, in matter of Religion, 1642 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933
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Dana Randol
18/3/2020 12:28:35 am
Good grief. Diana gabaldon must have waited her entire career to use that word. Nice going girl
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