advertent
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advertent
- /ədˈvɜːtn̩t/ UK
- /ədˈvɝtn̩t/ US
Where it comes from
Apparently a back-formation from inadvertent, or a learned borrowing from Latin advertent-, advertens, present participle of advertere, from the verb adverto (“to give or draw attention to”)
adjective more advertent · most advertent
- Attentive. Is he rich, prosperous, great? yet he continues safe, because he continues humble, watchful, advertent, lest he should be deceived and transported
- Not inadvertent; intentional. There is such thing as advertent negligence in which the harm is foreseen as possible or probable.
Similar: purposeful, purposive, intentional
