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Attent vs Atteint - What's the difference?

attent | atteint |

As an adjective attent

is (archaic) attentive, heedful; intent.

As a noun atteint is

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attent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (archaic) Attentive, heedful; intent.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.9:
  • *:Whylest thus he talkt, the knight with greedy eare / Hong still upon his melting mouth attent […].
  • * Bible, 2 Chron. vi 40
    • Let thine ears be attent unto the prayer.
  • * 1874 , , XIV
    • All patiently awaited the event
    Without a stir or sound, as if no less
    Self-occupied, doomstricken while attent .
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    atteint

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
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