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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Advertence \Ad*vert"ence\, Advertency \Ad*vert"en*cy\, [OF. advertence, avertence LL advertentia fr L. advertens See {Advertent}.] The act of adverting, of the quality of being advertent; attention; notice; regard; heedfulness. To this difference it is right that advertence should be had in regulating taxation. --J. S. Mill. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: advertence n : the process of being heedful [syn: {advertency}]
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