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at⋅tend
[uh-tend] 
–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. |
Related forms:
at⋅tend⋅er, noun
at⋅tend⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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| at·tend (ə-těnd') v. at·tend·ed, at·tend·ing, at·tends v. tr.
[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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Attend
At*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attended; p. pr. & vb. n. Attending.] [OE. atenden, OF. atendre, F. attendre, to expect, to wait, fr. L. attendre to stretch, (sc. animum), to apply the mind to; ad + tendere to stretch. See Tend.]1. To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard. [Obs.] The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskillful words of the passenger. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch over. 3. To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve. The fifth had charge sick persons to attend. --Spenser. Attends the emperor in his royal court. --Shak. With a sore heart and a gloomy brow, he prepared to attend William thither. --Macaulay. 4. To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to; as, a measure attended with ill effects. What cares must then attend the toiling swain. --Dryden. 5. To be present at; as, to attend church, school, a concert, a business meeting. 6. To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for. [Obs.] The state that attends all men after this. --Locke. Three days I promised to attend my doom. --Dryden. Syn: To Attend, Mind, Regard, Heed, Notice. Usage: Attend is generic, the rest are specific terms. To mind is to attend so that it may not be forgotten; to regard is to look on a thing as of importance; to heed is to attend to a thing from a principle of caution; to notice is to think on that which strikes the senses. --Crabb. See Accompany.Attend
At*tend"\, v. i. 1. To apply the mind, or pay attention, with a view to perceive, understand, or comply; to pay regard; to heed; to listen; -- usually followed by to. Attend to the voice of my supplications. --Ps. lxxxvi. 6. Man can not at the same time attend to two objects. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To accompany or be present or near at hand, in pursuance of duty; to be ready for service; to wait or be in waiting; -- often followed by on or upon. He was required to attend upon the committee. --Clarendon. 3. (with to) To take charge of; to look after; as, to attend to a matter of business. 4. To wait; to stay; to delay. [Obs.] For this perfection she must yet attend, Till to her Maker she espoused be. --Sir J. Davies. Syn: To Attend, Listen, Hearken. Usage: We attend with a view to hear and learn; we listen with fixed attention, in order to hear correctly, or to consider what has been said; we hearken when we listen with a willing mind, and in reference to obeying.
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Language Translation for : attend
Spanish:
asistir,
German:
besuchen,
Japanese:
出席する
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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Main Entry: at·tend
Pronunciation: &-'tend
Function: transitive verb
: to visit or stay with professionally as a physician or nurse —at·tend·er noun
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