attent

[ uh-tent ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. attentive; intent.

Other Words From

• at·tently adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of attent¹

1275–1325; Middle English < Latin attentus attentive (past participle of attendere ), equivalent to atten ( d )- ( attend ) + -tus past participle suffix

Example Sentences

There is no luck, for all practical purposes, to him who is not striving, and whose senses are not all eagerly attent.

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Our attent ion is then drawn to a large design representing the Terrestrial Paradise.

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Thus lord Aeneas with all attent retold alone the divine doom and the history of his goings.

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Men slept lightly at that time, with their senses attent to every sound of danger.

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And as thou walkest the street, keep thine eyes and thine ears open and attent, and learn ever what men say and think.

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