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▪ I. tendance|ˈtɛndəns|
Also 8–9 (improperly) tendence.
[Aphetic form of attendance, or sometimes f. tend v.1 + -ance.]
1. The attending to, or looking after, anything; tending, attention, care.
1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 128 Hops dried in loft, aske tendance oft. 1667Milton P.L. viii. 47 They at her coming sprung And toucht by her fair tendance gladlier grew. 1790H. Boyd Ruins of Athens, What cautious care The propagation, tendence, nutriment Of this ethereal seminary claim. 1835Trench Justin Martyr, etc. (1862) 17 That by careful watering And earnest tendance we might bring The bud, the blossom and the fruit. 1897Scotsman 10 Nov. 8/4 The working and tendence of every machine..should be reserved for its members.
b. The object of care or attention. rare—1.
1645Milton Tetrach. i. Wks. 1851 IV. 153 Whether it [loneliness] be a thing, or the want of somthing, I labour not; let it be their tendance, who have the art to be industriously idle.
2. The bestowal of personal attention and care; ministration to the sick or weak.
1578Chr. Prayers in Priv. Prayers (Parker Soc.) 544 That I may not have need of so great strength, tendance, and cunning. 1683Kennett tr. Erasm. on Folly 42 How trouble⁓some our tendance in the cradle. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) IV. 39 My..affectionate tendance shall..compensate for my want of address. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. lxvi, His daughter's dutiful tendance.
b. Attendants collectively; train or retinue.
1607Shakes. Timon i. i. 80 All those..Follow his strides, his Lobbies fill with tendance. 1814Scott Ld. of Isles iii. vii, Now torch and menial tendance led Chieftain and knight to bower and bed. 1868Geo. Eliot Sp. Gipsy i. 113, I shall send tendance as I pass, to bear This casket to your chamber.
†3. Waiting in expectation. Obs.
1591Spenser M. Hubberd 908 Unhappie wight..That doth his life in so long tendance spend!
▪ II. tendance
obs. form of tendence. |