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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
attended
adj 1: having accompaniment or companions or escort; "there were
lone gentlemen and gentlemen accompanied by their
wives" [syn: {accompanied}] [ant: {unaccompanied}]
2: having a caretaker or other watcher [syn: {tended to(p)}]
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