attent
Americanadjective
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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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Lost, lost, and lost, whenas the cross road flee Up tumbled hills, on each for eyes attent A carriage creepeth.
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean
He found him alert, attent, eager, his eyes kindling, his cheeks almost flushing.
From Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila by King, Charles
And as thou walkest the street, keep thine eyes and thine ears open and attent, and learn ever what men say and think.
From The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot by Everett-Green, Evelyn
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
While her body was sleeping in this sweet hallucination of the senses, her mind was attent with a marvellous activity.
From The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
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