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
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Season your admiration for a while58 17 With an attent ear; till I may deliver, Upon the witness of these gentlemen, This marvel to you.
From Hamlet by Charles John Kean
The dinner was naturally a failure, and her elders noted how Gertrude struggled to keep up appearances, but with ear attent and eyes constantly turning towards the door.
From The Mynns' Mystery by George Manville Fenn
He had got about half through his sermon, and every eye in that congregation was fixed upon him, and every ear attent to his burning words, when suddenly he stopped.
From Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia by Joseph Finnemore
His associates of the tribunal were duly attent.
From Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate by Charles M. (Charles Montgomery) Skinner
Mackay, meanwhile, to envy all attent, Untaught to spare, unable to relent, Walks in our town on needles and on pins, And in a mean, revengeful spirit—grins!
From Black Beetles in Amber by Ambrose Bierce
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