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attend: Meaning and Definition of
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at•tend
Pronunciation:
(
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-tend'),
[key]
— v.t.
to be present at:
to attend a lecture; to attend church.
to go with as a concomitant or result; accompany:
Fever may attend a cold. Success attended her hard work.
to take care of; minister to; devote one's services to:
The nurse attended the patient daily.
to wait upon; accompany as a companion or servant:
The retainers attended their lord.
to take charge of; watch over; look after; tend; guard:
to attend one's health.
to listen to; give heed to.
to wait for; expect.
—v.i.
to take care or charge:
to attend to a sick person.
to apply oneself:
to attend to one's work.
to pay attention; listen or watch attentively; direct one's thought; pay heed:
to attend to a speaker.
to be present:
She is a member but does not attend regularly.
to be present and ready to give service; wait (usually fol. by on or upon):
to attend upon the Queen.
to follow; be consequent (usually fol. by on or upon).
to wait.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary,
Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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