Definition of "animadverting" []

• Present participle of animadvert. (verb)

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• "I would not wish to say a word animadverting on yourself."
• "The gravity and majesty of his looks and mien, and his known strictness in animadverting upon every thing that was evil and indecent, commanded all about him into due decorum."
• "She was no sooner gone than Jones, instead of animadverting on her behaviour, reflected that he was in the same bed which he was informed had held his dear Sophia."