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