attent

American  

[uh-tent] / əˈtɛnt /

adjective

Archaic.

1. attentive; intent.

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Other Word Forms

• attently adverb

Etymology

Origin of attent

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

Example Sentences

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 The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Let thine ears be attent to the voice of thy praise and glorifying: deliver me from the hand of my enemies: confound their imaginations and attempts against me.

From Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary by Tyler, James Endell

Thus lord Aeneas with all attent retold alone the divine doom and the history of his goings.

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

His associates of the tribunal were duly attent.

From Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate by Skinner, Charles M. (Charles Montgomery)

But just then, as he walked the long floors in his alternate humours, tearing his handkerchief between his hands, he was strung to his top note, every nerve attent.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis