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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌænɪmædˈvɜːt/Part of speech verbSorted aadeimnrtvStarts with AEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark

Word origin

From Latin animadvertō, from Latin animum (“mind”) (accusative singular of animus (“mind; soul; life force”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos (“breath”), from *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”)) + Latin advertō (“to turn to”) (from Latin ad- (“to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at; near”) + Latin vertō (“to turn”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn around”)).

Used in a sentence

  • Sir Walter has been duly animadverted on for this dangerous error by the erudite Mr. Todd.
  • [H]e had probably committed Violence with his Hands, had not the Parſon interpoſed, ſaying, 'For Heaven's Sake, Sir, animadvert that you are in the Houſe of a great Lady.[']
  • But there was the greatest degree of harshness and injustice in the manner in which the conduct of the magistrates upon that occasion was animadverted upon by that House.

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