† attendmentn.

Etymology: < Old French atendement waiting, expectation, < atendre to attend v.: see -ment suffix. But in sense 1 probably for entendement , which in early use embraced the sense of attendement also: compare attend v. IV., and attent n.

Obsolete. rare.

1. Sense, meaning. (Cf. double entendre n.)

ΚΠ

1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iv. xxxiv Therein was double attendement, He spake but one and yet he mente twayne.

2. A thing that attends, plural surroundings.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > that which surrounds > a surrounding space or area > totality of surroundings or environment

circumstancea1340

encompassure1600

environry1600

vironry1600

attendment1646

circumambiency1646

ambience1648

environment1725

circumjacency1751

environ1762

environage1831

setting1841

enshrinement1849

entourage1850

milieu1854

surroundings1861

ambiente1862

mise-en-scène1871

surround1922

Umwelt1964

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 372 He passed his daies in tears, and the uncomfortable attendments of hell.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	attendment
释义	† attendmentn. Etymology: < Old French atendement waiting, expectation, < atendre to attend v.: see -ment suffix. But in sense 1 probably for entendement , which in early use embraced the sense of attendement also: compare attend v. IV., and attent n. Obsolete. rare. 1. Sense, meaning. (Cf. double entendre n.) ΚΠ 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iv. xxxiv Therein was double attendement, He spake but one and yet he mente twayne. 2. A thing that attends, plural surroundings. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > that which surrounds > a surrounding space or area > totality of surroundings or environment circumstancea1340 encompassure1600 environry1600 vironry1600 attendment1646 circumambiency1646 ambience1648 environment1725 circumjacency1751 environ1762 environage1831 setting1841 enshrinement1849 entourage1850 milieu1854 surroundings1861 ambiente1862 mise-en-scène1871 surround1922 Umwelt1964 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 372 He passed his daies in tears, and the uncomfortable attendments of hell. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1430
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