advert
verb (used without object)
to remark or comment; refer (usually followed byto ).
was adverting
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past progressiveof advert.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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By insistence on "1871" the President was really defining the ultimate boundary between Germany and France, was adverting to the secret treaty, and was casting it aside.
From Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann
