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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Adverted

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Adverting

[L.

advertere

, v. t., to turn to;

vertere

to turn: cf. F.

avertir

. See

To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; – with to;

as, he

adverted

to what was said

I may again

advert

to the distinction.

Owen.

Syn.- To refer; allude; regard. See

Verb.

[L. adverto, of ad and verto, to turn.]

To turn the mind or attention to; to regard, observe, or notice: with to; as, he adverted to what was said, or to a circumstance that occurred.