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

(en verb)

To make tender or delicate; to weaken.

*, vol.I, New York, 2001, p.233:

To such as are wealthy, live plenteously, at ease, […] these viands are to be forborne, if they be inclined to, or suspect melancholy, as they tender their healths […].

* Putnam Fadeless Dyes [flyer packaged with granulated dye]:

Putnam Fadeless Dyes will not injure any material. Boiling water does tender some materials. […] Also, silk fibers are very tender when wet and care should be take not to boil them too vigorously.

to feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly.

* 1597 , (William Shakespeare), (Romeo and Juliet) , 3,1 (First Folio edition):

And ?o good Capulet , which name I tender
As dearely as my owne, be ?atisfied.

Verb

(en verb)

(formal) To offer, to give.

* Shakespeare

You see how all conditions, how all minds, tender down / Their services to Lord Timon.

* 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston

I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.

to offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.