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| Advertency | { } [ 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 ] Variants: Advertence | | Inadvertency | { 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 ] Variants: Inadvertence | | Readvertency | n. The act of adverting to again, or of reviewing. [ R. ] Norris. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | | | | Advertency | { } [ 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 ] Variants: Advertence | | Inadvertency | { 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 ] Variants: Inadvertence | | Readvertency | n. The act of adverting to again, or of reviewing. [ R. ] Norris. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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