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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tend \Tend\, verb (used without an object)
1. To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with on or upon.
Was he not companion with the riotous knights That tend upon my father? --Shak.
2. [F. attendre.] To await; to expect. [Obs.] --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tend \Tend\, verb (used without an object) [F. tendre, L. tendere, tensum and tentum, to stretch, extend, direct one's course, tend; akin to Gr. ? to stretch, Skr. tan. See {Thin}, and cf. {Tend} to attend, {Contend}, {Intense}, {Ostensible}, {Portent}, {Tempt}, {Tender} to offer, {Tense}, adjective]
1. To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or towards.
Two gentlemen tending towards that sight. --Sir H. Wotton.
Thus will this latter, as the former world, Still tend from bad to worse. --Milton.
The clouds above me to the white Alps tend. --Byron.
2. To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence; to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if granted, might tend to our destruction.
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want. --Prov. xxi. 5.
The laws of our religion tend to the universal happiness of mankind. --Tillotson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tend \Tend\, verb (used with an object) [See {Tender} to offer.] (O. Eng. Law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tend \Tend\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Tended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tending}.] [Aphetic form of attend. See {Attend}, {Tend} to move, and cf. {Tender} one that tends or attends.]
1. To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks. --Shak.
And flaming ministers to watch and tend Their earthly charge. --Milton.
There 's not a sparrow or a wren, There 's not a blade of autumn grain, Which the four seasons do not tend And tides of life and increase lend. --Emerson.
2. To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
Being to descend A ladder much in height, I did not tend My way well down. --Chapman.
{To tend a vessel} (Naut.), to manage an anchored vessel when the tide turns, so that in swinging she shall not entangle the cable.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tend
verb
1: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence" [syn: {be given}, {lean}, {incline}, {run}]
2: have care of or look after; "She tends to the children"
3: manage or run; "tend a store"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
133 Moby Thesaurus words for "tend": administer to, aim, animadvert, attend, attend on, attend to, baby-sit, bear, bed, bed down, bend to, bias, break, bridle, brush, care for, cater to, chaperon, cherish, chore, conduce, conserve, contribute, cultivate, curry, currycomb, dance attendance upon, defend, descend, dispose, do for, do service to, drench, dress, drop, drudge, favor, feed, fodder, foster, gentle, go, gravitate, groom, guard, handle, harness, have a tendency, head, heed, help, hitch, hold a heading, incline, keep watch over, labor, lackey, lead, lean, litter, look, look after, look out for, look to, maid, manage, mark, matronize, milk, mind, minister, minister to, mother, note, notice, nurse, nurture, observe, pander to, plunge, point, point to, precipitate, preserve, protect, protege, provide for, redound to, regard, remark, ride herd on, rub down, saddle, safeguard, see, see after, see to, serve, set, set toward, settle, shepherd, shield, show a tendency, sink, steer, subside, supervise, support, take care of, take charge of, take note, take notice, tame, tend to go, train, trend, turn, upon, valet, verge, view, wait, wait on, warp, watch, watch out for, watch over, water, work, work for, work toward, yoke
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