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attent

[ uh-tent ]

adjective

, Archaic.
  1. attentive; intent.


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Other Words From

  • at·tently adverb
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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
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Example Sentences

There is no luck, for all practical purposes, to him who is not striving, and whose senses are not all eagerly attent.

Our attent ion is then drawn to a large design representing the Terrestrial Paradise.

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

Men slept lightly at that time, with their senses attent to every sound of danger.

And as thou walkest the street, keep thine eyes and thine ears open and attent, and learn ever what men say and think.

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