Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Advert

Advert ({not transcribed}) , intransitive verb

[Latin advertere, transitive verb, to turn to; ad + vertere to turn: compare French avertir. See Advertise.]

To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.
I may again advert to the distinction. — Owen