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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?" Antonym: miss.

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

... weather softened, and a great revival broke out. It was the dullest time of the year in Barmouth. The ships were at sea still, and the farmers had only to fodder their cattle, so that everybody could attend the protracted meeting. It was the same as Sunday at our house for nine days. Miss Black, in consequence of the awakening, dismissed the school for two weeks, that the pupils might profit in what she told us ...

— The Morgesons • Elizabeth Stoddard

... at the little Sunday evenings which he holds quite regularly, goes far, I am told, towards easing the strain on the taut nerves of the Sinn Fein intellectuals who attend them. On the Sunday evening I was present the subject of jail journals was broached. Darrell Figgis had just written one. In a dim corner of the room was miniatured the ivory face and the red gold beard of the much ...

— What's the Matter with Ireland? • Ruth Russell

... my linen after it is aired—it comes in at such an inconvenient time that I can't attend to it then. The girls can easily hang it out on the horse—really, Joanna, one must trust people ...

— Joanna Godden • Sheila Kaye-Smith

... and saw at a glance that for a moment his courage had failed him. But he recovered himself quickly. "Hadn't you better keep your seat, my dear?" he said to his wife. "The servants will attend to Mr. Wharton, and I ...

— The Prime Minister • Anthony Trollope

... speech; mildness of speech, a good character; a good character, wealth; wealth, if virtuous actions attend it, happiness. ...

— Book of Wise Sayings - Selected Largely from Eastern Sources • W. A. Clouston

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