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
The friendship between David and Jonathan will fall to be adverted to afterwards; meanwhile we follow the course of events as they are detailed in this chapter.
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by William Garden Blaikie
These principles, so frequently adverted to in the Scriptures, are proved to be in exact conformity with experience.
From Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. by Wilbur Fisk
