attent
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- attently adverb
Etymology
Origin of attent
1275–1325; Middle English < Latin attentus attentive (past participle of attendere ), equivalent to atten ( d )- ( see attend) + -tus past participle suffix
Example Sentences
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With large, meek eyes Fixed on that Maid and Babe, he stood as child That, gazing on some reverent stranger's face, Nor loosening from that stranger's hold his palm, Listens his words attent.
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey
Men slept lightly at that time, with their senses attent to every sound of danger.
From Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men by Joblin, Maurice
He found him alert, attent, eager, his eyes kindling, his cheeks almost flushing.
From Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila by King, Charles
With that the other leaned, as if attent: "I am not perfect, brother, in his thought."
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean
He held aloof from his juniors all day long and seemed to be keeping an eye and an ear attent on Nevins.
From A Wounded Name by King, Charles
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