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   animadvert

   /ˌanɪmadˈvəːt/

   verb

   • 1. pass criticism or censure on; speak out against: formal "we shall be obliged to animadvert most severely upon you in our report"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘pay attention to’): from Latin animadvertere, from animus ‘mind’ + advertere (from ad- ‘towards’ + vertere ‘to turn’).

   Scrabble Points: 16

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