KJV Dictionary Definition: attent

attent

ATTENT', a. Attentive. 2Chron. 6.

attentates

ATTENT'ATES, n. Proceedings in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed.

attention

ATTEN'TION, n.

1. The act of attending or heeding; the due application of the ear to sounds, or of the mind to objects presented to its contemplation. Literally, a stretching towards.

They say the tongues of dying men

Enforce attention like deep harmony.

2. Act of civility, or courtesy; as attention to a stranger.

attentive

ATTENT'IVE, a.

Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care. It is applied to the senses of hearing and seeing, as an attentive ear or eye; to the application of the mind, as in contemplation; or to the application of the mind, together with the senses abovementioned, as when a person is attentive to the words, the manner and matter of a speaker at the same time.

attentively

ATTENT'IVELY, adv. Heedfully; carefully; with fixed attention.

attentiveness

ATTENT'IVENESS, n. The state of being attentive; heedfulness; attention.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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