Verb

(en verb)

("to kindle").

Verb

(en verb)

(archaic) To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed.

* Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)

The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskilful words of the passenger.

(archaic) To listen ((to), (unto)).

* , chapter=15

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.}}

To wait upon as a servant etc.; to accompany to assist (someone).

* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

The fifth had charge sick persons to attend .

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Attends the emperor in his royal court.

* (1800-1859)

With a sore heart and a gloomy brow, he prepared to attend William thither.

(senseid)To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings.

*

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies.}}

* 1994 , (Nelson Mandela), (Long Walk to Freedom) , Abacus 2010, p. 20:

I attended a one-room school next door to the palace and studied English, Xhosa, history and geography.

To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to.

* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

What cares must then attend the toiling swain.

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.

To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.

* (John Locke) (1632-1705)

the state that attends all men after this

* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

Three days I promised to attend my doom.

Verb

(lb) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.

* {{quote-book, year=a1420, year_published=1894, author=The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, by=(Lanfranc of Milan)

, title= Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie." , chapter=Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone, isbn=1163911380 , publisher=K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, location=London, editor=Robert von Fleischhacker, page=63 , passage=Ne take noon hede to brynge' togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne ' brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.}}

*

At twilight in the summeron the floor.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=5 citation , passage=A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ¶ ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’

* {{quote-news, date=21 August 2012, first=Ed, last=Pilkington, newspaper=The Guardian

, title= Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?, newsfeed=true , passage=Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time.}}

To supply or contribute.

*

*:“it is not fair of you to bring' against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without ' bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”

(lb) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.}}

To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.

* (John Locke) (1632-1705)

It seems so preposterous a thingthat they do not easily bring themselves to it.

To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.

(lb) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.