advert
verb (used without object)
to remark or comment; refer (usually followed byto ).
adverted
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past participleof advert.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof advert.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
advertverb (used without object)to remark or comment; refer (usually followed byto ).
Example Sentences
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On his person he bore the marks of these perils of the laboratory; but they were little heeded by him, and, when adverted to, always afforded him the occasion of some good-humoured pleasantry.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 17, 2015
I'm not certain how disaster can be adverted when an inferior service will cost more money.
From Economist ● Dec. 14, 2013
It was strange she never once adverted either to her mother’s illness, or her brother’s death, or the present gloomy state of the family prospects.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Besides the general and special influences of the gospel now adverted to, safety will be connected with the very dispensation of it....
From Slavery and the Constitution by William Ingersoll Bowditch
He then adverted to his past history, and told them how much he had suffered in consequence of their divisions and quarrels.
From A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by William Henry Gray
