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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ANIMADVERSIVE
a.
That
has
the
power
of
perceiving.
Obs.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ANIMADVERSIVE
ANIMADVERSIVE
An
`i *
mad
*
ver
"sive, a.
Defn:
Having
the
power
of
perceiving;
percipient.
[
Archaic
] Glanvill. I
do
not
mean
there
is
a
certain
number
of
ideas
glaring
and
shining
to
the
animadversive
faculty.
Coleridge.