attend

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  1. transitive verb To be present at: attended class.
  2. transitive verb To accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result: The speech was attended by wild applause.
  3. transitive verb To accompany or wait upon as a companion or servant.

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  • But my brother did not attend, and I learned that he had been laid aside from his ministerial work by bleeding of the lungs. —  The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada
  • The words were few, merely computed associations keyed to understanding, and with them were perfectly and intimately synchronized fragments of emotion and vision, softly washing over the surface of his mind (Urgency) Attend--attend! —  The Short Life
  • He did attend, and stated his objections to the then chief judge, which being allowed, his affirmation was received and recorded by the court The duties connected with the College of Fort William afforded him a change of scene, which relieved his mind, and gave him opportunities of taking exercise, and conduced much to his health. —  Life of William Carey
  • To this he was obliged to attend, as the natives had learnt that we were not to be trifled with, and would have forced him on board rather than have permitted their village to be destroyed. —  The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy
  • I explain Their regular vicissitudes,--attend Four elements th' eternal world contains Two, earth and water, which their ponderous weight Sinks low; and two, the air and purer fire Void of dense gravity, soar up on high Free, unconfin'd. —  The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I ; II
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English attenden, from Old French atendre, from Latin attendere, to heed : ad-, ad- + tendere, to stretch; see ten- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French atendre, French attendre, wait, reflex. expect, = Spanish atender = Portuguese attender = Italian attendere, from Latin attendere, stretch toward, give heed to, from ad, to, + tendere, stretch: see tend, and cf. attempt.
  2. from attend, v.
 

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