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Advertency (gcide) | Advertence \Ad*vert"ence\, Advertency \Ad*vert"en*cy\, [OF.
advertence, avertence, LL. advertentia, fr. L. advertens. See
Advertent.]
The act of adverting, of the quality of being advertent;
attention; notice; regard; heedfulness.
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To this difference it is right that advertence should
be had in regulating taxation. --J. S. Mill.
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advertency (wn) | advertency
n 1: the process of being heedful [syn: advertence,
advertency] |
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inadvertency (encz) | inadvertency,nepozornost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Inadvertency (gcide) | Inadvertence \In`ad*vert"ence\; pl. -ces, Inadvertency
\In`ad*vert"en*cy\; pl. -cies, n. [Cf. F. inadvertance.]
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1. The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or
attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes
proceed from inadvertence.
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Inadvertency, or lack of attendance to the sense and
intention of our prayers. --Jer. Taylor.
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2. An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an
oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence.
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The productions of a great genius, with many lapses
an inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to
works of an inferior kind of author which are
scrupulously exact. --Addison.
Syn: Inattention; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence;
thoughtlessness. See Inattention.
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Readvertency (gcide) | Readvertency \Re`ad*vert"en*cy\ (r[=e]`[a^]d*v[~e]rt"en*s[y^]),
n.
The act of adverting to again, or of reviewing. [R.]
--Norris.
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advertency (wn) | advertency
n 1: the process of being heedful [syn: advertence,
advertency] |
inadvertency (wn) | inadvertency
n 1: the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
[syn: unmindfulness, heedlessness, inadvertence,
inadvertency] [ant: heedfulness, mindfulness] |
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