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Definition of Advertency
1. Noun. The process of being heedful.
Generic synonyms: Attentiveness, Heed, Paying Attention, Regard
Derivative terms: Advert, Advertent, Advert, Advertent
Definition of Advertency
1. Noun. The quality of being advertent; heedfulness; regard; consideration. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Advertency
1. [n -CIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Advertency
Literary usage of Advertency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Choice Works of the Rt. Rev. John England, Bishop of Charleston, S.C by John England (1900)
"And this alone is the characteristic by which it is distinguished from virtual
intention : as long as this actual attention or advertency exists, ..."
2. The Cambridge Platonists: Being Selections from the Writings of Benjamin by Benjamin Whichcote, John Smith, Nathanael Culverwel (1901)
"... before we take notice of them, and which by their own turbulency and impetuousness
force us to an advertency: as those Fiery spirits and that inflamed ..."
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