attent
Americanadjective
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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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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 Ingelow, Jean
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 Kean, Charles John
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 Fenn, George Manville
Thus lord Aeneas with all attent retold alone the divine doom and the history of his goings.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
But all my praise Amelia thought too slight for Millicent, And on my lovelier-freighted arm she leant, For more attent; And the tea-rose I gave, To deck her breast, she dropp’d upon the grave.
From The Unknown Eros by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton
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