Definition of animadvert

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an·i·mad·vert    (n-md-vûrt) KEY 

intr.v.
an·i·mad·vert·ed, an·i·mad·vert·ing, an·i·mad·verts

To remark or comment critically, usually with strong disapproval or censure: "a man . . . who animadverts on miserly patients, egocentric doctors, psychoanalysis and Lucky Luciano with evenhanded fervor" (Irwin Faust).

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English animadverten, to notice, from Latin animadvertere : animus, mind; see an- in Indo-European roots + advertere, to turn toward ; see adverse