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Webster 1913 Edition


Attent

At-tent′

,
Adj.
[L.
attentus
, p. p. of
attendere
. See
Attend
,
Verb.
T.
]
Attentive; heedful.
[Archaic]
Let thine ears be
attent
unto the prayer.
2 Chron. vi. 40.

At-tent′

,
Noun.
Attention; heed.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Attent

ATTENT'

,
Adj.
Attentive. 2Chron. 6.

Definition 2024


attent

attent

English

Adjective

attent (comparative more attent, superlative most attent)

  1. (archaic) Attentive, heedful; intent. [from 15th c.]
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.9:
      Whylest thus he talkt, the knight with greedy eare / Hong still upon his melting mouth attent […].
    • Bible, 2 Chron. vi 40
      Let thine ears be attent unto the prayer.
    • 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, XIV
      All patiently awaited the event
      Without a stir or sound, as if no less
      Self-occupied, doomstricken while attent.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Adjective

attent (comparative attenter, superlative attentst)

  1. observant, perceptive
  2. courteous

Inflection

Inflection of attent
uninflected attent
inflected attente
comparative attenter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial attent attenter het attentst
het attentste
indefinite m./f. sing. attente attentere attentste
n. sing. attent attenter attentste
plural attente attentere attentste
definite attente attentere attentste
partitive attents attenters