animadvert
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
verb
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to comment with strong criticism (upon); make censorious remarks (about)
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to make an observation or comment
Other Word Forms
- animadverter noun
Etymology
Origin of animadvert
1630–40; < Latin animadvertere to heed, censure, equivalent to anim ( um ), accusative of animus ( animus ) + advertere to advert 1
Example Sentences
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I have heard others’ stories and recorded them in these pages; there is no need to animadvert to my own.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
There is no need to animadvert to the deeds of that day, which shall resound, for weal or woe, as long as this terrestrial globe has habitation.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Just as moralists have often animadverted upon the tendency to live in the future, so I would animadvert upon the tendency to live in the past.
From Mental Efficiency And Other Hints to Men and Women by Bennett, Arnold
It is not with any secret Pleasure, that I so frequently animadvert on Mr. Pope as a Critick; but there are Provocations, which a Man can never quite forget.
From Preface to the Works of Shakespeare (1734) by Dick, Hugh G.
What, then, do British writers mean when they animadvert upon "American spelling?"
From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Matthews, Brander
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