attent

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin attentus.

Pronunciation

• 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.

Noun

attent (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Attention.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin attentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈtɛnt/

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• Hyphenation: at‧tent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Adjective

attent (comparative attenter, superlative attentst)

1. observant, perceptive
2. courteous

Inflection

Declension of attent
uninflected	attent
inflected	attente
comparative	attenter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		attent	attenter	het attentst het attentste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	attente	attentere	attentste
	n. sing.	attent	attenter	attentste
	plural	attente	attentere	attentste
definite		attente	attentere	attentste
partitive		attents	attenters	—

Related terms

• attentie