animadversion
animadversion is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Monition; warning. [Obs.] Clarendon.
- 2.Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame. He dismissed their commissioners with severe and sharp animadversions. Clarendon.
- 3.Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment. [Archaic] "Divine animadversions." Wesley.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame. He dismissed their commissioners with severe and sharp animadversions. Clarendon called?
- What is judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment. [Archaic] "Divine animadversions." Wesley called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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