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▪ I. attend, v.|əˈtɛnd|
Forms: 4–6 atende, 5–6 attende, 6– attend. Aphetic 4– tend.
[a. OF. atendre (mod. att-):—L. at-, adtendĕre, f. ad to + tendĕre to stretch: see at- prefix3.]
Prim. sign. To stretch to (still in OFr.); hence, to direct the mind or observant faculties, to listen, apply oneself; to watch over, minister to, wait upon, follow, frequent; to wait for, await, expect. In almost every variety of meaning it is, or has been, both trans. and intr., the latter construed with to, unto, on, upon, and having indirect passive, as: we must attend to this, this must be attended to.
I. To direct the ears, mind, energies to anything.
1. To turn one's ear to, listen to.
a. trans. arch.
a1300Cursor M. 21803 Qua-sum þe tale can better a-tend. 1513Douglas æneis ii. x. Argt., Into this nixt cheptur ȝe may attend Off Priame King of Troy the fatale end. 1611Shakes. Cymb. i. vi. 142, I do condemne mine eares that haue So long attended thee. 1715Pope Iliad i. 510 But, goddess! thou thy suppliant son attend. 1808Scott Marm. v. xxi, My tale Attend.
b. intr. (Const. to, unto.)
1447O. Bokenham Seyntys Introd. 3 As they shul heryn wych lyst attende. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, iii. i. 13 Your Grace attended to their Sugred words. 1611Bible Ps. xvii. 1 O Lord, attend vnto my crie. 1715Pope Iliad i. 61 Thus Chryses pray'd: the favouring power attends. 1842J. H. Newman Par. Serm. VI. xx. 318 Every one must..attend his best.
2. To turn the mind to, give consideration or pay heed to, regard, consider.
†a. trans. Obs.
1432–50tr. Higden (1865) I. 47 Hit is to be attendede that alle the worlde..is diuided in to iij. partes. 1514Barclay Cyt. & Uplondyshm. 45 If they see a fault, they will it not attende. a1644Quarles Sol. Recant. v. i. 22 Attend thy footsteps when thou drawest near The house of God. 1775Trumbull in Sparks Corr. Amer. Rev. (1853) I. 5, I shall..attend your request.
b. intr. with to.
1678Gale Crt. Gentiles III. 121 Some said..that the action of sin was not from God; attending to the very deformity of sin, which is not from God. 1711Steele Spect. No. 262 ⁋9 Beauties or Imperfections which others have not attended to. 1852McCulloch Taxation i. iv. 135 Were the justice of the case only attended to.
†3. to attend from: to turn the mind from, beware of. (L. attendere ab.) Obs. rare.
c1375Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. 1869 I. 223 [Crist] biddiþ attende from false prophetes [Vulg. Matt. vii. 15 Attendite a falsis prophetis].
4. To turn the energies to, give practical heed to, apply oneself to, look after.
†a. trans. Obs.
a1400Cov. Myst. 259 To provyde, Lord, for thi comyng, With alle the obedeyns we kan atende. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §7 If a man attende not his husbandrye, but goo to sporte or playe. 1649Selden Laws of Eng. ii. xiii. (1739) 69 That himself might attend his own security. 1715Pope Iliad iii. 527 The maids..dispersing, various tasks attend. 1798W. Taylor in Month. Rev. XXV. 578 The agriculture is every where sedulously attended.
b. intr. with to.
c1315Shoreham 82 Gode atende to my socour. c1450Lonelich Grail xxii. 207 Ȝif thow attenden wilt to his servise. 1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W.) i. iv. (1506) 46 Unto that attendeth well the deuyll. 1833H. Martineau Manch. Strike vi. 65 She was attending very diligently to her work. 1853A. Morris Business vi. 127 Worldly affairs are attended to at the cost of men's salvation.
†c. with upon. Obs.
1611Bible Rom. xiii. 6 They are Gods ministers, attending continually vpon this very thing. 1689Burnet Tracts I. 79 Captains..are not obliged to attend upon the Service.
†d. with inf. To apply oneself, endeavour. Obs.
1523Whittinton Vulg. 1 Yf a carpenter without compasse, rule, lyne, and plummet sholde attende to square tymbre. 1597Daniel Civ. Wares iii. ii, First, he attends to build a strong conceipt Of his usurped powre.
†e. with subord. clause. To give heed, take care, look.
1612Monipennie Chron. in Misc. Scot. I. 38 The Scots were very..vigilant all night, and attended that their enemies should not escape.
II. To watch over, wait upon, with service, accompany as servant, go with, be present at.
5. To direct one's care to; to take care or charge of, look after, tend, guard.
†a. trans. arch. or Obs.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 511 It wol thyne oxen mende..yf thai the fyre attende. 1611Shakes. Cymb. i. vi. 197 They are in a Trunke Attended by my men. 1641R. B. K. Liturgy & Mass-Bk. Pref. 1 Another quarter of our walls, which to him appeared more weake and lesse attended. 1725Pope Odyss. iii. 538 Leave only two the gally to attend. 1856Kane Arct. Exp. II. i. 10 They attend their lamps with assiduous care.
b. intr. with to.
1796Nelson in Nicolas Disp. (1845) II. 199 This will enable me better to attend to all the services. 1850Lytton My Novel iii. xvi, The clergyman had his own flock to attend to.
6. trans. To apply oneself to the care or service of (a person); esp. to watch over and wait upon, to minister to (the sick). Of a medical man: To pay professional visits to (a patient).
1572Forrest Theoph. 244 A bushoppe..havinge great numbers to pasture..which to his powre he attended. 1596Spenser F.Q. i. x. 41 The fift had charge sick persons to attend. 1722De Foe Plague 82 Hired nurses who attended infected people. 1732Pope Mor. Ess. iii. 270 Prescribes, attends, the med'cine makes, and gives. 1832Babbage Econ. Manuf. xv. 141 The chemist..never attends his customers.
7. To wait upon, as servant or attendant; also, to wait upon (a personage) in obedience to an authoritative summons.
1469Paston Lett. 614 II. 360 Attendid as wurshepfully as evir was Quene a forn hir. 1591Shakes. Two Gent. i. iii. 27 His companion..Attends the Emperour in his royall Court. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. ix. II. 546 The Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs of London were also summoned to attend the King.
b. intr. To be present in readiness for service, or in answer to an authoritative summons.
1514Barclay Cyt. & Uplondyshm. 47 Rebukes..For not attending and fayling of thy tide. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 539 Officious Nymphs, attending in a Ring.
c. with on, upon (formerly of).
1499Plumpton Corr. 135 If it please you..to appoynt fryday or satterday..I shall then attend of you. a1547Earl of Surrey æneid iv. (R.) And at the threshold of her chamber dore, The Carthage lords did on the quene attend. a1674Clarendon (J.) He was required to attend upon the committee. 1808Scott Marm. i. viii, Twenty yeomen..Attended on their lord's behest.
8. To follow, escort, or accompany, for the purpose of rendering services. (Used specifically of those who act as ladies or gentlemen in waiting to royal personages.)
a. trans.
1653Walton Angler Ep. Ded. 3 If common Anglers should attend you, and be eye-witnesses of the success. 1750Johnson Rambl. No. 115 ⁋10 Permission to attend her to publick places. 1855Prescott Philip II, i. ii. 21 The Portuguese infanta..was attended by a numerous train of nobles. 1883Times 13 Feb., Their Royal Highnesses..left for London this morning, attended by Mdlle. Heim.
b. intr. with on, upon; and absol.
1591Shakes. Two Gent. ii. iv. 121 Wee'll both attend vpon your Ladiship. 1600Shakes. A.Y.L. v. i. 66 Trip Audry, trip Audry, I attend, I attend. 1619Treas. Anc. & Mod. Times II. 516/2 So [the Queene] attended upon with the Nobilitie, came downe. 1801Southey Thalaba vii. xxx, Following the deep-veil'd Bride Fifty female slaves attend. 1883G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie II. v. 84 Attending on drunk people and helping them home.
9. Mil. and Naut. To accompany or wait upon for hostile purposes, so as to defeat an enemy's plans. (trans., and intr. with to.)
a1674Clarendon (J.) He was..strong enough to have stopped or attended Waller in his western expedition. 1804Nelson in Nicolas Disp. (1845) V. 484 Cruizing off Cadiz for the purpose of attending to L'Aigle, and securing the approach of our Convoy. 1805― ibid. VII. 59 The Enemy [has three vessels of war]..If this is so, a Force is necessary of Line-of-Battle Ships and Frigates to attend them.
10. Of things: To follow closely upon, to accompany. (Now only of things immaterial.)
a. trans.
1615Markham Eng. Housew. Pref., My poor prayers shall to my last gasp labour to attend you. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. i. 422 What Cares must then attend the toiling Swain. 1712Steele Spect. No. 449 ⁋3 With a Frankness that always attends unfeigned Virtue. 1751Fielding Amelia ii. vi. Wks. 1784 VIII. 239 Our food was attended with some ale. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. §18. 130 The loss of our track would be attended with imminent peril.
b. intr. with on, upon.
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. ii. ii. 134 All feares attending on so dire a project. a1847R. Hamilton Rew. & Punishm. iv. (1853) 149 Destruction and misery attend on wicked doings.
†11. causal. To follow up, accompany, conjoin, associate (one thing with another). Obs.
1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. xxiii. §7 [I] have also attended them with brief observations. 1748Anson Voy. ii. xiii. 278 The Governor..had returned a very obliging answer..and had attended it with a present of two boats. 1775Burke Sp. Conc. Amer. Wks. III. 64 We have carefully attended every settlement with government.
12. To present oneself, for the purpose of taking some part in the proceedings, at a meeting for business, worship, instruction, entertainment.
a. trans. e.g. to attend church, school, a lecture, a meeting, a funeral, the sittings of a court, also a place of worship.
1646Row Hist. Kirk Introd. (1842) 17, I had bein in Edinburgh..attending his Majestie's Counsell. 1770Langhorne Plutarch (1879) I. 177/1 Pericles also attended the lectures of Zeno. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. ii. iii, Andreas too attended Church. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 177 It was made a crime to attend a dissenting place of worship. 1884Edin. Daily Rev. 18 Oct. 2/9 The meeting was attended by some of the leading agriculturists. Mod. Did you attend the funeral? To attend school regularly.
b. intr. Const., on the proceedings (obs.), at the place.
1660Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 35/2 [They] attended on his Funerals. 1764Reid Wks. I. 40/1 They pay fees for the first two years, and then they..may attend gratis. Mod. He attends regularly at the City Temple.
III. To wait for, await, expect.
13. trans. To look out for, wait for, await:
†a. a person or agent, or his coming. Obs.
1475Caxton Jason 30 b, They sette hem in araye..and attended frely and fast a fote the preu Jason. 1586T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. 104 To stand still in their places, and so to attend their enimies. 1658Sir T. Browne Hydriot. iv. (1736) 45 Contriving their Bodies..to attend the Return of their Souls. 1749Smollett Regicide ii. i. (1777) 26 Here I attend The king—and lo! he comes.
b. a future time, event, result, decision, etc. arch.
1513Bradshaw St. Werburge (1848) 39 Attendynge oportunyte to take them in a trayne. 1642Rogers Naaman 358 They must attend the moving of the waters. 1713Addison Cato ii. i. 9 And Rome attends her fate from our resolves. 1866Howells Venet. Life 128 The countryman, taking shelter at the stern of his boat, attended the shot.
†c. ellipt. with clause: To wait to see or learn, to await the issue. Obs.
1589Late Voy. Sp. & Port. (1881) 82 Attending if any strangers would unburthen them. 1699Temple Hist. Eng., And attended what would be the Issue of this..Convulsion of the State.
†14. fig. (Of things.) To remain for, be reserved for, be in store for, ‘await.’
a. trans. Obs.
1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. 1653, 3 The Trapan..onely attendeth the Fractures of the Cranium. a1704Locke (J.) The state that attends all men after this. 1734tr. Rollin's Anc. Hist. (1827) I. 72 The prize attended the victor.
†b. intr. with for. Obs.
1578T. N. tr. Conq. W. India Pref. 4 Would you now in your old daies be an Emperor, considering that your Sepulchre attendeth for you?
†15. To look forward to, expect.
a. trans. Obs.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 162/2 The grete prouffite that he attended of hym. 1581Savile Tacitus' Agric. (1622) 191 The souldier..attended an end for that yeere of his trauell. 1614Raleigh Hist. World II. v. iii. §14. 430 The Capuans relying on..the succours attended from Hannibal. 1692Ray Disc. ii. v. (1732) 285 So dreadful a Tempest that all the People attended therein the very End of the World.
†b. intr. with for. Obs. rare.
1581Savile Tacitus' Agric. (1622) 195 The Britans..attending for nothing els but reuenge or seruitude.
†16. intr. To wait, tarry, stay. Obs.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 260 a, They would..attende, vntyl suche tyme as the Emperour had aduertised them. 1605Verstegan Dec. Intell. ii. (1628) 36 Attending at the sea ports..for conuenient winds. 1736Col. Rec. Penn. IV. 98 The two Members..now attending for an Answer. 1768Sterne Sent. Journ. (1775) I. 30 The lady attended as if she expected I should go on.
†b. fig. Of things. Obs.
1596Edw. III, i. ii, Albeit my business urgeth me, It shall attend while I attend on thee.
† IV. trans. To intend. Obs. [So OF. atendre, occas. for entendre. Cf. ]
1455Paston Lett. 239 I. 331 They never attendyde hurt to his owne persone. 1655W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. ix. §1 (1669) 184/2 Very unlikely to do real good to the souls: alas, it is not that he attends.
▪ II. † aˈttend, n. Obs. rare—1.
[f. prec.; cf. OF. atende.]
Attendance.
1594Greene Look. Glasse (1861) 117 To give attend on Rasnis excellence.
▪ III. attend
var. atend v. Obs., to kindle.
▪ IV. attend
obs. corrupt f. attaint v. |