attent

[ uh-tent ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. attentive; intent.

Other Words From

• at·tently adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of attent¹

1275–1325; Middle English < Latin attentus attentive (past participle of attendere ), equivalent to atten ( d )- ( attend ) + -tus past participle suffix

Example Sentences

USA Today reported that Minneapolis police were not allowed to attent the rally in their uniforms, so they wore, "Cops For Trump" t-shirts.

From Fox News

Women who weave in hope the daily web, Who leave the deadly depths of passion pure, Who hold the stormy powers of will attent, As Heaven directs, to act, or to endure; No multitude strews branches in their way, Not in their praise the loud arena strives; Still as a flameless incense rises up The costly patience of their offered lives.

From Project Gutenberg

Attent towards God, benign towards men, upright within, and prizing life, he found, not defiance and despair, but perennial quickening and encouragement, whatever problems darkened round his life.

From Project Gutenberg

Under the spell the Sea grows calm, Listing attent his witching psalm; Under the spell the air grows mild, Breathing soft as sleeping child.

From Project Gutenberg

She stood motionless a moment with ear attent, but she did not catch the sound of the bells of San Felipe, which she thought she had heard in her dreams.

From Project Gutenberg