Obs. rare–1. [f. ANIMADVERT, -VERSION, after reversal, beside revert, reversion.] The faculty of perceiving or noticing; consciousness. = ANIMADVERSION 2.
1642. More, Song of Soul, II. II. II. xxxv. note. That lively inward animadversal; it is the soul itself; for I cannot conceive the body doth animadvert.
