animadvert

1. [Lat. an i mad ver to = (1) to turn the mind to, (2) to notice, (3) to censure or punish: animus the mind; ad ver to to turn to; ad = to, and ver to = to turn.] 1. To turn the mind to any person or thing; to notice. 2. To blame, to censure, to make objurgatory remarks upon. "Certain questionable people were animad verted upon [in an Act of Parliament)"-Froude: Hist. Eng ., vol. ii., p. 434. 3. To punish. "If the Author of the universe animadverts upon men here below, how much more will it become Him to do it upon their entrance into a higher state of being1"-Grew. Animadvert is followed by upon or on. (See the foregoing examples. Very rarely against is also used.) "Your Grace very justly animadverts against the too great disposition of finding faults."-Pope: Letter to the Duke of Bucking ham (1718).