n. The quality of being advertent; heedfulness; regard; consideration.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
The act of adverting, of the quality of being advertent; attention; notice; regard; heedfulness.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A turning or directing of the mind; attention; notice; consideration; heed; reference.
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n. the process of being heedful
Word Usage
"Let us cease advertence to these melancholy adventures, which make us groan at the human condition; but let us continue to lament the pretended certainty of judges, when they pass such sentences."