advert
verb (used without object)
to remark or comment; refer (usually followed byto ).
had adverted
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past perfectof advert.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had adverted to the Gregorian style in his letter, and had mentioned Pope Gregory.
From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various
If he had adverted to this principle, he would have made no distinction between the law which regulates the rent of mines and the rent of land.
From On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation by David Ricardo
He would now speak of this abolition principle to which he had adverted as a rule of conduct for slave-holding communities.
From Discussion on American Slavery by Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge
Interpretative attention is that which never existed at all, but which would have existed if the agent had adverted.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
The next two days they devoted to the duties to which the queen had adverted, looking forward to the Sunday with eager expectancy.
From The Decameron, Volume I by J. M. (James Macmullen) Rigg
