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advertent

[ad-vur-tnt]
adjective
  1. attentive; heedful.
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Origin of advertent

1665–75; < Latin advertent- (stem of advertēns, present participle of advertere), equivalent to ad- ad- + vert- turn + -ent- -ent
Related formsad·vert·ent·ly, adverb
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