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Webster 1913 Edition
Attent
At-tent′
,Adj.
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.
Definition 2024
attent
attent
English
Adjective
attent (comparative more attent, superlative most attent)
- (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.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.9:
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Adjective
attent (comparative attenter, superlative attentst)
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 | — | |