advertentadj.

c1460 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 70 (MED) Angellys, archangellys, froom vicis advertaunt.

1646 E. Bowles Manifest Truth 53 Some men gaine more experience in two yeares, then others in ten, because they are more advertent.

1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 483 This objection showes that you are..little advertent to the conclusion you have in hand.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. ii. 62 This requires very choice Parts, great attention of Mind..and a long advertent and deliberate connexing of Consequents.

1729 D. Turner Disc. conc. Gleets 70 I can see nothing..that can incline any advertent Reader, of competent Understanding, to recede from his former Belief or Persuasion.

1749 R. Whatley Immortal-mortal 13 To accompany such Humiliation with holy Resolutions to be more advertent for the future.

1823 A. B. Lewis Isabella II. xxiii. 8 Lady Rachel,..however she might stimulate her to act for herself, was thus advertent to render her way less intricate.

1896 Southeastern Reporter 24 790/1 The court..was not advertent to the testimony offered to show the line of the Donelson tract.

1919 R. D. W. Connor Hist. N. Carolina I. xvi. 288 The English colonies had long been advertent to the importance of this region to their future expansion.

2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic xlvi. 729 ‘You bi-curious?’ asked a suddenly advertent woman at the next table.

1832 Trumpet & Universalist Mag. 15 Dec. 98/4 Mr. W's argument assumes the principle that a doctrine encourages whatever it is either the advertent or inadvertent cause of.

1889 Westm. Rev. 131 203 The durable modifications of the brain..are the proximate causes of conscious knowledges and of the reliance, both advertent and inadvertent, on the durability of the knowledges.

1922 Chambers's Jrnl. 4 Mar. 213/2 The four essential elements of treasure-trove are, therefore, the material, the place, the advertent intention, and untraceable ownership.

1985 G. T. Nurse et al. Peoples of S. Afr. xi. 291 The over-grazing..represents the worst they can do to their surroundings. That worst is hardly advertent; with better opportunities they could have acted much better.

2010 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 3 Jan. (Extra section) 17 Three cricketers..became entangled. Some mild inadvertent contact was made, followed by some milder advertent contact.