Animadvert

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: an=i=mad=vert

CIDE DICTIONARY

Animadvert, v. i. [L. animadvertere; animus mind + advertere to turn to; ad to + vertere to turn.].

•  To take notice; to observe; -- commonly followed by that.  Dr. H. More.  [1913 Webster]
•  To consider or remark by way of criticism or censure; to express censure; -- with on or upon.  [1913 Webster]

  "I should not animadvert on him . . . if he had not used extreme severity in his judgment of the incomparable Shakespeare."  [1913 Webster]
•  To take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment.  Grew.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To remark; comment; criticise; censure.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Animadvert, v.intr. (foll. by on) criticize, censure (conduct, a fault, etc.).

Derivative

animadversion n.

Etymology

L animadvertere f. animus mind + advertere (as AD-, vertere vers- turn)

ROGET THESAURUS

Animadvert

Thought

VB think, reflect, cogitate, excogitate, consider, deliberate, bestow thought upon, bestow consideration upon, speculate, contemplate, meditate, ponder, muse, dream, ruminate, brood over, con over, animadvert, study, bend the mind, apply the mind, digest, discuss, hammer at, weigh, perpend, realize, appreciate, fancy, trow, take into consideration, take counsel, commune with oneself, bethink oneself, collect one's thoughts, revolve in the mind, turn over in the mind, run over in the mind, chew the cud upon, sleep upon, take counsel of one's pillow, advise with one's pillow, rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, crack one's brains, beat one's brains, cudgel one's brains, set one's brain to work, set one's wits to work, harbor an idea, entertain an idea, cherish an idea, nurture an idea, take into one's head, bear in mind, reconsider, occur, present itself, suggest itself, come into one's head, get into one's head, strike one, flit across the view, come uppermost, run in one s head, enter the mind, pass in the mind, cross the mind, flash on the mind, flash across the mind, float in the mind, fasten itself on the mind, be uppermost in the mind, occupy the mind, have in one's mind, make an impression, sink into the mind, penetrate into the mind, engross the thoughts.