a. (and sb.) Obs. [f. L. animadvers- ppl. stem of animadvert-ĕre (see ANIMADVERT) + -IVE.] Having the faculty of animadversion; perceptive, percipient.
1642. H. More, Song of Soul, II. I. II. xxvi. Though trees have not animadversive sense.
1678. Cudworth, Intell. Syst., 159. Attentive to its own actions, or animadversive of them.
1685. Boyle, Free Enq., 184. Perception … is the Prerogative of Animadversive Beings.
b. Used as sb. Percipient agent. rare.
1660. H. More, Myst. Godl., VIII. xi. 404. [These] will take up the Animadversion of the Soul so much, that one Animadversive will not suffice for both these Provinces.
