tendancen.
/ˈtɛndəns/, U.S. /ˈtɛndəns/ 1.
a. The attending to, or looking after, anything; tending, attention, care.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > care for or looking after
keepingc1330
nursing?1533
looking after?1537
tendance1580
tendment1597
caretaking1765
tendancya1774
caringa1797
mothering1868
1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 52v Hops dride in loft, aske tendance oft.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 47 They at her coming sprung And toucht by her fair tendance gladlier grew. View more context for this quotation
1790 H. Boyd Ruins of Athens What cautious care The propagation, tendence, nutriment Of this ethereal seminary claim.
1835 R. C. Trench Justin Martyr (1862) 17 That by careful watering And earnest tendance we might bring The bud, the blossom and the fruit.
1897 Scotsman 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.
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1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 7 Whether it [sc. 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.
a. The bestowal of personal attention and care; ministration to the sick or weak.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > care for or looking after > personal care to sick or weak
tendance1578
caregiving1966
1578 Bk. Christian Prayers in Private Prayers (1851) 544 That I may not have need of so great strength, tendance, and cunning.
1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 42 How trouble~some our tendance in the cradle.
1776 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (rev. ed.) IV. xvii. 119 My..affectionate tendance shall..compensate for my want of address.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. viii. lxvi. 305 His daughter's dutiful tendance.
b. Attendants collectively; train or retinue.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > collective or retinue
hirdc888
douthOE
gingc1175
folkc1275
hirdfolcc1275
tail1297
meiniec1300
meiniec1300
routc1325
suitc1325
peoplec1330
leading1382
retinuea1387
repairc1390
retenancea1393
farneta1400
to-draughta1400
sembly14..
sequelc1420
manya1425
followingc1429
affinity?1435
family1438
train1489
estatec1500
port1545
retain1548
equipage1579
suite1579
attendancy1586
attendance1607
tendancea1616
sequacesa1660
cortège1679
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 81 All those..Follow his strides, his Lobbies fill with tendance . View more context for this quotation
1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iii. vi. 90 Now torch and menial tendance led Chieftain and knight to bower and bed.
1868 ‘G. Eliot’ Spanish Gypsy i. 106 I shall send tendance as I pass, to bear This casket to your chamber.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > [noun]
biding1340
expectation1524
await1538
tarriance1561
tendance1591
expectance1592
expectancy1592
attendance1597
awaiting1607
attendancy1646
waiting1743
sitting out1838
1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 908 Unhappie wight..That doth his life in so long tendance spend!
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