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at⋅tend

  [uh-tend]
Use attend on 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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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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