[an-uh-mad-vurt] 
| 1. | to comment unfavorably or critically (usually fol. by on or upon): to animadvert at length upon his faulty use of English. |
| 2. | Obsolete. to take cognizance or notice of. |
| an·i·mad·vert (ān'ə-mād-vûrt') intr.v. an·i·mad·vert·ed, an·i·mad·vert·ing, an·i·mad·verts 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). [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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