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▪ I. attending, vbl. n.|əˈtɛndɪŋ|
[f. attend v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. attend; attendance, attention.
1611Cotgr., Attendue, An attendance, or attending. 1880Cyples Hum. Exp. vi. 153 Cases..where the attending wholly ceases.
▪ II. aˈttending, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. Listening, attentive.
1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. ii. ii. 167 Like softest Musicke to attending eares. 1793Southey Tri. Woman 119 Hush'd are all sounds, the attending crowd are mute. 1884Athenæum 27 Sept. 395/2 Defining a mind as an attending subject.
2. Waiting to do service, ministrant, attendant.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. iv. iii. 231 My Loue, (her Mistres) is a gracious Moone; Shee (an attending Starre). 1720Pope Iliad xxiii. 49 Th' attending heralds..With kindled flames the tripod-vase surround.
3. Accompanying in a circumstantial relation; closely consequent.
1683Creech Lucretius i. 13 note, Cartes proposes his Ambient attending Circle..to solve the Phenomenon of Motion. 1812L. Hunt in Examiner 12 Oct. 641/1 To lose sight of all attending circumstances. |