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Webster 1913 Edition
Animadversion
Anˊi-mad-ver′sion
,Noun.
1.
The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception.
[Obs.]
The soul is the sole percipient which hath
animadversion
and sense, properly so called. Glanvill.
2.
Monition; warning.
[Obs.]
Clarendon.
3.
Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame.
He dismissed their commissioners with severe and sharp
animadversions
. Clarendon.
4.
Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment.
[Archaic]
“Divine animadversions.” Wesley.
Syn. – Stricture; criticism; censure; reproof; blame; comment.
Webster 1828 Edition
Animadversion
ANIMADVER'SION
,Noun.
Remarks by way of censure or criticism; reproof; blame. It may sometimes be used for punishment, or punishment may be implied in the word, but this is not common. In an ecclesiastical sense, it differs from censure, says Ayliffe; censure, respecting spiritual punishment, and animadversion, a temporal one. Glanville uses the word in the sense of perception, but this use is not authorized.