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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Attentive; intent: as, “an attent ear,”
  • noun [⟨ ME. attente, atente, ⟨ OF. atente, mod. F. attente = Pr. atenta, prop. pp., ⟨ L. attenta, fem. of attentus, pp. of attendere: see attend.] Attention.
  • To attempt. Quarles.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Archaic Attentive; heedful.
  • noun obsolete Attention; heed.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective archaic attentive; heedful

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