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Attend

verb

(past & past part. attended; pres. part. attending)

Be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.. Synonym: go to. "I rarely attend services at my church" , "Did you go to the meeting?"

Take charge of or deal with. Synonyms: look, see, take care. "I must attend to this matter" , "She took care of this business"

To accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result.

Work for or be a servant to. Synonyms: assist, attend to, serve, wait on. "She attends the old lady in the wheelchair" , "Can you wait on our table, please?" , "Is a salesperson assisting you?" , "The minister served the King for many years"

Give heed (to). Synonyms: advert, give ear, hang, pay heed. "She hung on his every word" , "They attended to everything he said"

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"Attend" Quotes from Famous Books

... expressed great sorrow when he came to Betty with the tidings that Ellen had been taken out of jail and carried to Dr. Flint's. She had the measles a short time before they carried her to jail, and the disease had left her eyes affected. The doctor had taken her home to attend to them. My children had always been afraid of the doctor and his wife. They had never been inside of their house. Poor little Ellen cried all day to be carried back to prison. The instincts of childhood are true. She knew she was loved ...

— Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Written by Herself • Harriet Jacobs (AKA Linda Brent)

... fronts, the littered streets, the dingy, unpainted hotel, the dirty flap of canvas, the unoccupied road, the dull prairie sweeping away to the horizon, all composed a hideous picture beneath the sun glare. He could scarcely find a man to attend his horse, and at the restaurant a drowsy Chinaman had to be shaken awake, and frightened into serving him. He sat down to the miserable meal oppressed with disgust—never before had his life seemed so mean, ...

— Keith of the Border • Randall Parrish

... young man of wild ideas went up to Oxford now, how would he be treated? Probably nowadays some virtuous and enthusiastic young tutor would feel a certain sense of responsibility for the young man. He would endeavour to influence him; he would implore him to play games, to go to lectures, to attend early chapel. He would do his best to check any symptom of originality or free thought. He would try to make him dutiful and orthodox, and to discourage all ...

— The Silent Isle • Arthur Christopher Benson

... think you should have. Where can the poor people be so well off on Sundays as in church? The bishop intends to express a very strong opinion on this subject in his next charge; and then I am sure you will attend to his wishes." To this Mark made no answer, but devoted himself to ...

— Framley Parsonage • Anthony Trollope

... "I'll attend to you later. If Miss Harding were not here I'd thrash you within an inch of your life now. And if I ever hear of your speaking to her again, or offering her the slightest indignity I'll put a bullet through you so quick you won't know what ...

— The Mucker • Edgar Rice Burroughs

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