attent

Etymology

From Latin attentus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈtɛnt/

Adjective

attent (comparative more attent, superlative most attent)

1. (archaic) Attentive, heedful; intent. [from 15th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.9:

     Whylest thus he talkt, the knight with greedy eare / Hong still upon his melting mouth attent […].

   • Bible, 2 Chron. vi 40

     Let thine ears be attent unto the prayer.

   • 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, XIV

     All patiently awaited the event

     Without a stir or sound, as if no less

     Self-occupied, doomstricken while attent.

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Adjective

attent (comparative attenter, superlative attentst)

1. observant, perceptive
2. courteous