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adversative
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advert (1)
ad·vert [ ad vúrt ] (past and past participle ad·vert·ed, present participle ad·vert·ing, 3rd person present singular ad·verts)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
refer to something: to call attention or make reference to something
[15th century. Via Old French advertir "notice" < Latin advertere "turn toward" < vertere "to turn"]

ad·ver·tence [ əd vúrt'nss ] noun
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