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verb (used without object)
1.
to comment unfavorably or critically (usually followed 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.
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Animadverter
is always a great word to know.
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Word Origin & History
animadvert
1630s, "to take notice of;" the sense of "to criticize, blame, censure" is from 1660s; from L. animadvertere "to notice, to take cognizance of," lit. "to turn the mind to" (see animadversion).
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