Meaning & use
Adverting
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Referring to or mentioning something, typically in speech or writing.
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The lawyer kept adverting to a precedent that supported her client's case.
Without adverting directly to the scandal, the CEO addressed the company's new ethics policy.
A note on using this word
Adverting derives from the Latin advertere ('to turn toward') and should not be confused with 'advertising,' a separate word with a different root sense of publicizing.
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