animadvert

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Nor have I been solicitous to animadvert, as thou wentest along, upon thy inventions, and their tendency.

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  1. intransitive verb To remark or comment critically, usually with strong disapproval or censure: "a man . . . who animadverts on miserly patients, egocentric doctors, psychoanalysis and Lucky Luciano with evenhanded fervor” (Irwin Faust).

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  1. Middle English animadverten, to notice, from Latin animadvertere : animus, mind; see anə- in Indo-European roots + advertere, to turn toward; see adverse.

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  1. from Latin animadvertere, regard, observe, notice, apprehend, censure, punish; by crasis for animum advertere, in same senses, literally turn the mind to: animum, accusative of animus, the mind (see animus); advertere, turn to: see advert.
 

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/ænɪmædˈvərt/
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