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Animadvert   Listen
verb
Animadvert  v. i.  (past & past part. animadverted; pres. part. animadverting)  
1.
To take notice; to observe; commonly followed by that.
2.
To consider or remark by way of criticism or censure; to express censure; with on or upon. "I should not animadvert on him... if he had not used extreme severity in his judgment of the incomparable Shakespeare."
3.
To take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment. (Archaic)
Synonyms: To remark; comment; criticise; censure.





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"Animadvert" Quotes from Famous Books



... having laid eyes upon her for twelve days. "She" of course at Beale Farange's had never meant any one but Ida, and there was the difference in this case that it now meant Ida with renewed intensity. Mrs. Beale—it was striking—was in a position to animadvert more and more upon her dreadfulness, the moral of all which appeared to be how abominably yet blessedly little she had to do with her husband. This flow of information came home to our two friends because, truly, ...
— What Maisie Knew • Henry James


Words linked to "Animadvert" :   declare, sound off, editorialise, speak up, reprimand, opine, editorialize, censure


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