† animadvertisementn.
Obsolete.
A notice; (also) a warning notice, an admonition.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [noun]
warningOE
warnishinga1400
monition?a1475
premonition1533
animadvertencec1550
preadmonition1652
animadvertisement1655
forewarning1659
premunition1693
warna1851
warnishment1894
1655 S. Hartlib Legacy (ed. 3) 302 An Animadvertisement to the City and Country..to give publick notice,..that there is lately invented a new and very useful Engine, both for quencing [sic] of Fire, and improving of Husbandry.
1661 N. Bernard Clavi Trabales sig. e3 An Animadvertisement. Such of the Bishops and Clergy as by Gods Mercy escaped with their Lives to Dublin,..did conceive fitting at a so great, though sad meeting, to have somewhat like a Commencement in that University.
1845 J. Bramhall Wks. V. iv. 76/1 (end matter) The allusion is not Ussher's, but Bernard's, in his ‘Animadvertisements’ [L. Animadversiones] upon Ussher's letter to himself.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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