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English Dictionary: advertence by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
advertence
n
  1. the process of being heedful [syn: advertence, advertency]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Advertence \Ad*vert"ence\, Advertency \Ad*vert"en*cy\, [OF.
      advertence, avertence, LL. advertentia, fr. L. advertens. See
      {Advertent}.]
      The act of adverting, of the quality of being advertent;
      attention; notice; regard; heedfulness.
  
               To this difference it is right that advertence should
               be had in regulating taxation.               --J. S. Mill.
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