transitive verb

1. Now Rare to take care or charge of; look after
2. 1. to wait on; minister to; serve
   2. to serve as doctor to during an illness
3. to accompany; go with
4. to accompany as a circumstance or result success attended his efforts
5. to be present at to attend a concert
6. Archaic to await
7. Archaic to pay attention to

Etymology: ME attenden < OFr atendre, to wait, expect < L attendere, to stretch toward, give heed to < ad-, to + tendere, stretch: see thin

intransitive verb

1. to pay attention; give heed
2. to be in readiness; wait: with on or upon
3. to devote or apply oneself (to)
4. to give the required care or attention (to)
5. Obsolete to wait or delay