Past tense of animadvert; made critical remarks about; expressed disapproval or censure toward.
Simple past tense of 'animadvert,' from Latin 'animadvertere.' Maintained the regular English '-ed' past tense formation.
When 18th-century scholars 'animadverted upon' someone's work in a published review, it was basically a formal declaration of intellectual war—the word itself sounds accusatory.
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