advertent
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/ədˈvɜːtn̩t/
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/ədˈvɜːtn̩t/ · /ədˈvɝtn̩t/
Definition of advertent
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Attentive.
“Is he rich, prosperous, great? yet he continues safe, because he continues humble, watchful, advertent, lest he should be deceived and transported”
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adj
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Attentive.
“Is he rich, prosperous, great? yet he continues safe, because he continues humble, watchful, advertent, lest he should be deceived and transported”
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Not inadvertent; intentional.
“There is such thing as advertent negligence in which the harm is foreseen as possible or probable.”
“Until the 1950s, for judges both the conceptual and terminological identification of advertent risk taking — subjective recklessness — often lay submerged within the amorphous notion of 'malice' [....]”
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Etymology
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”)
Words you can make from advertent
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Best play vendetta 12 points8-letter words
4 words7-letter words
11 words6-letter words
39 words- ADVENT 10 pts
- ADVERT 10 pts
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- NERVED 10 pts
- REAVED 10 pts
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- ENTERA 6 pts
- NATTER 6 pts
- NEATER 6 pts
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5-letter words
48 words- DAVEN 9 pts
- DEAVE 9 pts
- DRAVE 9 pts
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- NEVER 8 pts
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- ENDER 6 pts
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4-letter words
62 words- DEVA 8 pts
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- AVER 7 pts
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- EVEN 7 pts
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3-letter words
35 words- DEV 7 pts
- AVE 6 pts
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- NAV 6 pts
- REV 6 pts
- AND 4 pts
- DAN 4 pts
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- RAD 4 pts
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- NET 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
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- RET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
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