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an⋅i⋅mad⋅vert

[an-uh-mad-vurt]
–verb (used without object)
1. to comment unfavorably or critically (usually fol. by on or upon): to animadvert at length upon his faulty use of English.
–verb (used with object)
2. Obsolete. to take cognizance or notice of.

Origin:
1630–40; < L animadvertere to heed, censure, equiv. to anim(um), acc. of animus (see animus ) + advertere to advert


an⋅i⋅mad⋅vert⋅er, noun
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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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