Adverting
[ædvɜːt]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Advert
Checker: Sigmund
Examples
- Adverting to other advantages derived from railway locomotion, Mr. Stephenson noticed the comparative safety of that mode of travelling. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The destitute condition, and highly wrought feelings of his friend prevented him from adverting to the possibility of exiling himself from her. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- As soon as Miss Fairlie had left the room he spared us all embarrassment on the subject of the anonymous letter, by adverting to it of his own accord. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Checker: Sigmund