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at⋅tend

  [uh-tend]
Use Attend in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to be present at: to attend a lecture; to attend church.
2. to go with as a concomitant or result; accompany: Fever may attend a cold. Success attended her hard work.
3. to take care of; minister to; devote one's services to: The nurse attended the patient daily.
4. to wait upon; accompany as a companion or servant: The retainers attended their lord.
5. to take charge of; watch over; look after; tend; guard: to attend one's health.
6. to listen to; give heed to.
7. Archaic. to wait for; expect.
–verb (used without object)
8. to take care or charge: to attend to a sick person.
9. to apply oneself: to attend to one's work.
10. to pay attention; listen or watch attentively; direct one's thought; pay heed: to attend to a speaker.
11. to be present: She is a member but does not attend regularly.
12. to be present and ready to give service; wait (usually fol. by on or upon): to attend upon the Queen.
13. to follow; be consequent (usually fol. by on or upon).
14. Obsolete. to wait.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME atenden < AF, OF atendre < L attendere to bend to, notice. See at-, tend 1

Related forms:
at⋅tend⋅er, noun
at⋅tend⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
4. See accompany.
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at·tend   (ə-těnd')   
v.   at·tend·ed, at·tend·ing, at·tends

v.   tr.

  1. To be present at: attended class.

  2. To accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result: The speech was attended by wild applause.

    1. To accompany or wait upon as a companion or servant.

    2. To take care of (a sick person, for example). See Synonyms at tend2.

  4. To take charge of: They attended our affairs during our absence.

  5. To listen to; heed: attended my every word.

  6. Archaic To wait for; expect.

v.   intr.

  1. To be present.

  2. To take care; give attention: We'll attend to that problem later.

  3. To apply or direct oneself: attended to their business.

  4. To pay attention: attended disinterestedly to the debate.

  5. To remain ready to serve; wait.

  6. Obsolete To delay or wait.


[Middle English attenden, from Old French atendre, from Latin attendere, to heed : ad-, ad- + tendere, to stretch; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]
at·tend'er n.
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Word Origin & History

attend 
c.1300, "to direct one's mind or energies," from O.Fr. atendre "to expect, wait for, pay attention," from L. attendere "give heed to," lit. "to stretch toward," from ad- "to" + tendere "stretch" (see tenet). The notion is of "stretching" one's mind toward something. Sense of "take care of, wait upon" is from 1420. Attendance "presenting oneself" (originally with intent of taking a part) is from c.1460. Attendant "one who attends" is from 1555. Attention "giving heed" is in Chaucer (c.1374). As a military cautionary word preparative to giving a command, it is attested from 1792. Attentive is from 1382 (implied in attentively).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: at·tend
Pronunciation: &-'tend
Function: transitive verb
: to visit or stay with professionally as a physician or nurse —at·tend·er noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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