Definition for AT-TENT'IVE

AT-TENT'IVE, a. [Fr. attentif.]

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 above mentioned, as when a person is attentive to the words, the manner and matter of a speaker at the same time.

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