attent
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of attent
1275–1325; Middle English < Latin attentus attentive (past participle of attendere ), equivalent to atten ( d )- ( see attend) + -tus past participle suffix
Example Sentences
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But all my praise Amelia thought too slight for Millicent, And on my lovelier-freighted arm she leant, For more attent; And the tea-rose I gave, To deck her breast, she dropp’d upon the grave.
From The Unknown Eros by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore
He held aloof from his juniors all day long and seemed to be keeping an eye and an ear attent on Nevins.
From A Wounded Name by Charles King
All which I have perused with so attent And child-like longings, that to my doting ears Two sounds now seem like one, One meaning in two words, Sherwood and Liberty.
From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Charles Lamb
They steered, however, straight for the land, every ear being attent, and the men so anxious to make the present expedition a success that their oars dipped without a sound.
From In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" by George Manville Fenn
Then, looking up, have I seen in the sky a head amidst circling stars, of which the midmost and the brightest lent a ray sympathetic and attent.
From Villette by Charlotte Brontë
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