† ˌanimadˈversive, a. (and n.) 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 n. 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. |