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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tend \Tend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tended}; p. pr & vb n.
{Tending}.] [Aphetic form of attend. See {Attend}, {Tend} to
move and cf {Tender} one that tends or attends.]
1. To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the
wants of to look after to watch; to guard; as shepherds
tend their flocks. --Shak.
And flaming ministers to watch and tend Their
earthly charge. --Milton.
There 's not a sparrow or a wren, There 's not a
blade of autumn grain, Which the four seasons do not
tend And tides of life and increase lend. --Emerson.
2. To be attentive to to note carefully; to attend to
Being to descend A ladder much in height, I did not
tend My way well down --Chapman.
{To tend a vessel} (Naut.), to manage an anchored vessel when
the tide turns, so that in swinging she shall not entangle
the cable.
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