Meaning & use
Attent
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Archaic term meaning attentive or closely observant.
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The old text describes the monk as attent to every word of the sermon.
He remained attent throughout the long negotiation, missing no detail.
A note on using this word
Attent is now considered archaic and has almost entirely been replaced by 'attentive' in modern English, though it occasionally appears in older literature and legal texts.
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