attend upon

[uh-tend]

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.
EXPAND
6.
to listen to; give heed to.
7.
Archaic. to wait for; expect.
COLLAPSE
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 followed by on or upon): to attend upon the Queen.
EXPAND
13.
to follow; be consequent (usually followed by on or upon).
14.
Obsolete. to wait.
COLLAPSE

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Attend upon is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English atenden < Anglo-French, Old French atendre < Latin attendere to bend to, notice. See at-, tend1

at·tend·er, noun
at·tend·ing·ly, adverb
well-at·tend·ed, adjective


4. See accompany.

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