Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To criticise, to censure.

    kritisieren, zensieren

    критико́ватьkritikóvatʹ, порица́тьporicátʹ

  2. (intransitive, obsolete)To consider.

  3. (archaic, intransitive)To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish.

More definitions
  • express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark
  • express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
To criticise, to censure:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
To criticise, to censure:

Origin

From Latin animadvertō, from Latin animum (“mind”) (accusative singular of animus (“mind;

From Latin animadvertō, from Latin animum (“mind”) (accusative singular of animus (“mind; soul; life force”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos (“breath”), from *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”)) + Latin advertō (“to turn to”) (from Latin ad- (“to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at; near”) + Latin vertō (“to turn”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn around”)).

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Forms

animadverts, animadverting, animadverted, animadverted
Base formanimadvert · to animadvert
3rd person singularanimadverts
Present participleanimadverting
Past simpleanimadverted
Past participleanimadverted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyanimadvert
he, she, itanimadverts

Past simpleLesson

all personsanimadverted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave animadverted
he, she, ithas animadverted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill animadvert

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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