advert
1[ad-vurt]
||
verb (used without object)
to remark or comment; refer (usually followed by to): He adverted briefly to the news of the day.
to turn the attention (usually followed by to): The committee adverted to the business at hand.
Origin of advert
1Synonyms for advert
1. allude.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for adverted
Contemporary Examples of adverted
A major political standoff was only adverted when a bipartisan group of senators known as the Gang of 14 negotiated a compromise.
Historical Examples of adverted
I have, besides, not adverted to objections which he foresaw and refuted.
Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq.Charles James Lever
By degrees he adverted to Lackington's affairs; his will,—what he had left, and to whom.
Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2)Charles James Lever
Godfrey has more than once adverted to this distressing scene to me.
The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)Charles James Lever
The other theory which has been adverted to is the historical theory of Bentham.
Ancient LawSir Henry James Sumner Maine
I have adverted to the way cattle should be treated in winter as stores.
Cattle and Cattle-breedersWilliam M'Combie
advert
1noun
advert
2verb
Word Origin for advert
C15: from Latin advertere to turn one's attention to. See adverse
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
advert
advert
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper