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“attend”
attend (verb), attends; attended; attending
1. To take care or charge of; to look after: Jeanette attended and took care of Carol at home after Carol's major surgery on her heart.
2. To wait on; minister; to serve: Mrs. Jackson usually attends the elderly lady who is sitting in her wheelchair beside the window.
3. To accompany; to go with: The students' music recital was attended by a standing ovation by all the parents.
4. Etymology: "to direct one's mind or energies"; from Old French atendre, "to expect, to wait for, to pay attention"; from Latin attendere, "to give heed to"; literally, "to stretch toward"; from ad-, "to" + tendere, "to stretch".
2. To wait on; minister; to serve: Mrs. Jackson usually attends the elderly lady who is sitting in her wheelchair beside the window.
3. To accompany; to go with: The students' music recital was attended by a standing ovation by all the parents.
4. Etymology: "to direct one's mind or energies"; from Old French atendre, "to expect, to wait for, to pay attention"; from Latin attendere, "to give heed to"; literally, "to stretch toward"; from ad-, "to" + tendere, "to stretch".
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