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advertence (iou)



advertence noun. LME.
[Old French a(d)vertence, from a(d)vertir: see ADVERT verb, -ENCE and cf. medieval Latin advertentia.]
The action of adverting; observation, attention, consideration. Also, advertency.
? Now chiefly repr. in the neg. inadvertence, -ency.
advertency noun attentiveness, heedfulness M17.