{ } [ OF. advertence, avertence, LL. advertentia, fr. L. advertens. See Advertent. ] The act of adverting, of the quality of being advertent; attention; notice; regard; heedfulness. [ 1913 Webster ]

To this difference it is right that advertence should be had in regulating taxation. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. advertens, -entis, p. pr. of advertere. See Advert. ] Attentive; heedful; regardful. Sir M. Hale. -- Ad*vert"ent*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. a trademark for a loosely woven cotton fabric that is used to make shirts and underwear. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who animadverts; a censurer; also [ Obs. ], a chastiser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. stated as a fact.
Syn. -- alleged. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who asserts; one who avers pr maintains; an assertor. [ 1913 Webster ]

The inflexible asserter of the rights of the church. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who scornful pass it with averted eye. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, averts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of plants comprising the hoary alyssum.
Syn. -- genus Berteroa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. [ F. certes, for à certes, fr. L. certus. See Certain. ] Certainly; in truth; verily. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Certes it great pity was to see
Him his nobility so foul deface. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. cherté. See Charity. ] Love; tender regard. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mutually contrived or planned; agreed on; as, concerted schemes, signals. [ 1913 Webster ]

Concerted piece (Mus.), a composition in parts for several voices or instrument, as a trio, a quartet, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some controverters in divinity are like swaggerers in a tavern. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. spiritually reborn or converted; as, a converted sinner.
Syn. -- born-again, reborn. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. convertenus to be converted. ] (Logic) Any proposition which is subject to the process of conversion; -- so called in its relation to itself as converted, after which process it is termed the converse. See Converse, n. (Logic). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who converts; one who makes converts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Steel Manuf.) A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A term or word which is the opposite of, or antithesis to, another; an antonym; -- the opposite of synonym; as, “foe” is the counterterm of “friend”. C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having no residents; as, deserted villages.
Syn. -- uninhabited. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. no longer used by people.
Syn. -- abandoned, derelict. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. remote from civilization; as, the victim was lured to a deserted spot. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. being left by another without support or assistance; left in the lurch; -- of people; as, deserted wives and children. In this sense, the label implies some level of dependence of the person(s) being deserted on those deserting them.

(d&euptack_;*z&etilde_;rt"&etilde_;r), n. One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion. [1913 Webster]

n. One who, or that which, diverts, turns off, or pleases. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. exsertus, p. p. of exserere to stretch out or forth. See Exert. ] Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

A small portion of the basal edge of the shell exserted. D. H. Barnes. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. (Psychol.) directed outward; marked by an interest in other people or concerned primarily with external reality.
Syn. -- extrovert, extravert, extraverted, extravertive, extroversive, extraversive. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. A heart. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & adv. Hearty; heartily. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. abnormally high blood pressure; especially, the chronic condition associated with persistent high blood pressure. [ PJC ]

n. 1. having abnormally high blood pressure. [ PJC ]

2. Causing high blood pressure. [ PJC ]

n. A person who suffers from persistently high blood pressure. [ PJC ]

{ pl. -ces /plu>, pl. -cies /plu>, } n. [ Cf. F. inadvertance. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inadvertency, or lack of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence. [ 1913 Webster ]

The productions of a great genius, with many lapses an inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to works of an inferior kind of author which are scrupulously exact. Addison.

Syn. -- Inattention; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence; thoughtlessness. See Inattention. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. inadvertant. See 2d In-, and Advert. ] Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive. [ 1913 Webster ]

An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at evening in the public path. Cowper.

-- In`ad*vert"ent*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Not turned or changed about. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Situated upon, attached to, or growing out of, some part; -- said especially of the parts of the flower; as, the calyx, corolla, and stamens of many flowers are inserted upon the receptacle. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. intertexere; inter between + texere to weave. ] To intertwine; to weave or bind together. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of interweaving, or the state of being interwoven; that which is interwoven. ”Knit in nice intertexture.” Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Skirted thick with intertexture firm
Of thorny boughs. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Between vertebræ. -- In`ter*ver"te*bral*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

adj. 1. examining one's own sensory and perceptual experiences. Contrasted with extrospective.
Syn. -- introspective. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. marked by concern predominantly with oneself or one's own feelings. Contrasted with extroverted.
Syn. -- introvert, introvertive. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. (Zool.) Same as Invertebrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. in- not + vertebratus vertebrate. ] (Zool.) A comprehensive division of the animal kingdom, including all except the Vertebrata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebræ; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata. -- n. One of the Invertebrata. [ 1913 Webster ]

Age of invertebrates. See Age, and Silurian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no backbone; invertebrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed; characterized by inversion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata when folded back upon themselves by upheaval. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inverted arch (Arch.), an arch placed with crown downward; -- much used in foundations. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inverted order. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Electricity) A device which converts direct current to alternating current. [ PJC ]

n. Inadvertence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Nemertina. -- n. One of the Nemertina. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. nhmerth`s unerring. ] (Zool.) A genus of Nemertina. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Too tedious. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To tempt exceedingly, or beyond the power of resistance. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Surrounding the vertebræ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. perterebratus, p. p. of perterebrare to bore through. ] The act of boring through. [ Obs. ] Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]