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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They steered, however, straight for the land, every ear being attent, and the men so anxious to make the present expedition a success that their oars dipped without a sound.
From In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" by George Manville Fenn
Season your admiration for a while With an attent eare; till I may deliuer Vpon the witnesse of these Gentlemen, This maruell to you Ham.
From Hamlet by William Shakespeare
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
And I on downcast lashes unreproved Could look as long as pleased me; while, the rays Of moonlight round her, she her fair head bent, In modest silence to my words attent.
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Jean Ingelow
Season your admiration for a while With an attent ear, till I may deliver, Upon the witness of these gentlemen, This marvel to you.
From McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
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