attent

comparative more attent · superlative most attent

1. archaicAttentive, heedful; intent.First known use 15th c.

   Let thine ears be attent unto the prayer.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 6:40

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   Whylest thus he talkt, the knight with greedy eare / Hong still upon his melting mouth attent […].

   1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

   All patiently awaited the event Without a stir or sound, as if no less Self-occupied, doomstricken while attent.

   1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, section XIV

1. obsoleteuncountableAttention.

   So being clad unto the fields he went With the faire Pastorella every day, And kept her sheepe with diligent attent

   1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC