Definitions
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 : seeattend .] Attention. - To attempt. Quarles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Archaic Attentive; heedful.
- noun obsolete Attention; heed.
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- adjective archaic
attentive ;heedful
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Examples
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Around the country, people will be turning their attent ... digg
Michael J. Panzner: Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You 2009
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Many colleges that people feel obligated to attent, are not in tune with the needs of people or with the times.
Get in on Life... 2007
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For three weeks, the 65-team, single elimination men's college basketball tournament captures the nation's attent ...
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For three weeks, the 65-team, single elimination men's college basketball tournament captures the nation's attent ...
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First, is there a case you are referencing regarding the inability for children to attent private school?
School Voucher Ruling, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Around the country, people will be turning their attent ...
Michael J. Panzner: Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You 2009
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It would be a subtly distainful outfit to wear to a wedding you didn't really want to attent...where you don't want to make the full effort.
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Gwynn brick, and will attent 20 or so games this season regardless of their record.
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Digestion, which is almost always attent, is loquacious or silent, as characters differ.
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But, if they attent, they should use words like, impeach and de-fund to force Bush into a public statement like "although we met, I couldn't get it done".
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