Crossword clues for attending
attending
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Attend \At*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attended; p. pr. & vb. n. Attending.] [OE. atenden, OF. atendre, F. attendre, to expect, to wait, fr. L. attendre to stretch, (sc. animum), to apply the mind to; ad + tendere to stretch. See Tend.]
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To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard. [Obs.]
The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskillful words of the passenger.
--Sir P. Sidney. To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch over.
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To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve.
The fifth had charge sick persons to attend.
--Spenser.Attends the emperor in his royal court.
--Shak.With a sore heart and a gloomy brow, he prepared to attend William thither.
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To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to; as, a measure attended with ill effects.
What cares must then attend the toiling swain.
--Dryden. To be present at; as, to attend church, school, a concert, a business meeting.
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To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for. [Obs.]
The state that attends all men after this.
--Locke.Three days I promised to attend my doom.
--Dryden.Syn: To Attend, Mind, Regard, Heed, Notice.
Usage: Attend is generic, the rest are specific terms. To mind is to attend so that it may not be forgotten; to regard is to look on a thing as of importance; to heed is to attend to a thing from a principle of caution; to notice is to think on that which strikes the senses.
--Crabb. See Accompany.
Wiktionary
1 That (l/en: attend) or attends; that is or are in (l/en: attendance); (l/en: attendant). 2 Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor. n. (context US English) A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care. v
(present participle of attend English)
WordNet
adj. being present at meeting or event [syn: in attendance(p)]
serving attendance on someone; "a ministering angel"; "the angels ministrant sang"; "the attending physician" [syn: ministering, ministrant]
n. the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others [syn: attention] [ant: inattention]
the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.) [syn: attendance] [ant: nonattendance]
Usage examples of "attending".
Sophia, whom the fellow, as he was attending his master with his drum the day before, had seen pass by.
I am sure it would be unpardonable in me to do otherwise, who have tasted so bitterly of the misfortunes attending such marriages.
For the purpose of attending the Exchange, and of becoming acquainted with the language, he hired a lodging in the neighborhood of the city, where he remained for some weeks.
As it regards myself, I can say, before attending the meeting I felt but little concern with respect to this great question.
He had been recommended to go to a warmer climate, and had taken up his residence at Glouchester, where he died, which prevented us from attending him in his last moments.
Since this little journey, he continues, we have been pretty much at home attending the meetings in course in the neighborhood.
I felt the deprivation exceedingly of not attending the last Yearly Meeting, but quite think it may have been all for the best.
After attending the Leeds Quarterly Meeting in the Third Month, they returned to their home at Scarborough, but soon left it again to be present at the Yearly Meeting in London.
They did not at once return to their home at Scarborough, but spent a month in Hertford, Oxford and Buckinghamshire, attending the meetings of Friends in these counties, and visiting that of Berkhamstead several times.
After attending to some other gospel-service at Grenoble, they resumed their journey, held meetings in Valence and the neighborhood, and crossing the Rhone, entered Ardeche.
Benfield, but he finally settled down, to the no small mortification of the before-mentioned ladies, into writing a note to his kinsman, Lord Chatterton, whose residence was then in London, and who in reply, after expressing his sincere regret that an accident would prevent his having the pleasure of attending, stated the intention of his mother and two sisters to pay them an early visit of congratulation, as soon as his own health would allow of his travelling.
Mademoiselle La Roque, who was sitting by the side of the bed attending earnestly to this discourse, wept as he reverted to the danger of his situation.
I condescended to take you under my care, of the difficulty attending so important a charge, or that obstinacy and caprice were so strongly featured in your character.
She knew the necessity of employment, being well aware of the danger attending inactivity and indolence.
Maximilian, Duke of Bavaria, and Paoli attending to conduct him from the castle, he took an affectionate adieu of his mother and Laurette, and proceeded on his journey.