What does animadvert mean?

Definitions for animadvert
ˌæn ə mædˈvɜrtan·i·mad·vert

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. opine, speak up, speak out, animadvert, sound offverb

    express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation

    "John spoke up at the meeting"

  2. animadvertverb

    express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark

Wiktionary

  1. animadvertverb

    To consider.

  2. animadvertverb

    To turn judicial attention (to); to punish or criticise.

  3. animadvertverb

    To criticise, censure.

  4. Etymology: From animadverto, from animum + adverto.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To ANIMADVERTverb

    Etymology: animadverto, Lat.

    I should not animadvert on him, who was otherwise a painful observer of the decorum of the stage, if he had not used extreme severity in his judgment of the incomparable William Shakespeare for that fault. John Dryden, on Dramatick Poesy.

    If the Authour of the universe animadverts upon men here below, how much more will it become him to do it upon their entrance into a higher state of being. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmolog. Sacra.

ChatGPT

  1. animadvert

    Animadvert refers to the act of criticizing or commenting unfavorably or critically, especially in a disapproving or censorious manner. It involves giving a hard or negative judgment or remark about someone or something.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Animadvertverb

    to take notice; to observe; -- commonly followed by that

  2. Animadvertverb

    to consider or remark by way of criticism or censure; to express censure; -- with on or upon

  3. Animadvertverb

    to take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Animadvert

    an-im-ad-vėrt′, v.i. to criticise or censure.—n. Animadver′sion, criticism, censure, or reproof. [L., to turn the mind to—animus, the mind, ad, to, and vertĕre, to turn.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of animadvert in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of animadvert in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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  • criticar, censurar, enterarseSpanish

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