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† aˈtend, v. Obs.
Also 3–4 attend, 4 atent.
[late OE. atęndan, f. a- prefix 1 or 4 + tęndan to tind; cf. earlier OE. ontęndan.]
1. trans. To set on fire, kindle.
[994O.E. Chron. (Laud), Hi mid fyre ontendan woldon.] 1006Ibid. Hi..atendon heora beacna. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 107 Leomene fader..for þan þe he sunne atend. c1380Sir Ferumb. 2413 A candlee he attendeþ. c1400Beryn 2727 A stoon, that is so hote of kynde That what thing com forby, anoon it woll a tend.
b. fig.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 95 Heortan þet calde weren..beon atende to þan heofenliche biboden. a1250Passion Our Lord 661 O.E. Misc. 56 Hi weren of þe holy goste attende.
2. intr. To take fire.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. iv, Þis tre ‘Abies’ atenteþ ful sone, and brenneþ with lyȝte leye. |