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AttendedAttend 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.]
1. 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.
2. To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch
over.
3. 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. --Macaulay.
4. 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.
5. To be present at; as, to attend church, school, a concert,
a business meeting.
6. 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. Attendement
Attendement At*tend"e*ment, n.
Intent. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Attender
Attender At*tend"er, n.
One who, or that which, attends.
Bartender
Bartender Bar"tend`er, n.
A barkeeper.
C septendecimCicada Ci*ca"da (s[i^]*k[=a]"d[.a]), n.; pl. E. Cicadas
(-d[.a]z), L. Cicad[ae] (-d[=e]). [L.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous
insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a
shrill sound by peculiar organs in the under side of the
abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted
upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species (C.
septendecim) is called the seventeen year locust. Another
common species is the dogday cicada. chief water tenderWater tender Water tender (Nav.)
In the United States navy, a first-class petty officer in
charge in a fireroom. He ``tends' water to the boilers, sees
that fires are properly cleaned and stoked, etc. There is
also a rating of chief water tender, who is a chief petty
officer. CoextendedCoextend Co`ex*tend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coextended; p. pr.
& vb. n. Coextending.]
To extend through the same space or time with another; to
extend to the same degree.
According to which the least body may be coextended
with the greatest. --Boyle.
Has your English language one single word that is
coextended through all these significations? --Bentley. Contender
Contender Con*tend"er, n.
One who contends; a contestant.
Entender
Entender En*ten"der, v. t.
1. To make tender. [R.] --Jer. Taylor.
2. To treat with tenderness. [R.] --Young.
Extendedly
Extendedly Ex*tend"ed*ly, adv.
In an extended manner.
Extender
Extender Ex*tend"er, n.
One who, or that which, extends or stretches anything.
Gate tenderGate Gate (g[=a]t), n. [OE. [yogh]et, [yogh]eat, giat, gate,
door, AS. geat, gat, gate, door; akin to OS., D., & Icel. gat
opening, hole, and perh. to E. gate a way, gait, and get, v.
Cf. Gate a way, 3d Get.]
1. A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an
inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.;
also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by
which the passage can be closed.
2. An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or
barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens
a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance
or of exit.
Knowest thou the way to Dover? Both stile and gate,
horse way and footpath. --Shak.
Opening a gate for a long war. --Knolles.
3. A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage
of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
4. (Script.) The places which command the entrances or
access; hence, place of vantage; power; might.
The gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
--Matt. xvi.
18.
5. In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt
to pass through or into.
6. (Founding)
(a) The channel or opening through which metal is poured
into the mold; the ingate.
(b) The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue
or sullage piece. [Written also geat and git.]
Gate chamber, a recess in the side wall of a canal lock,
which receives the opened gate.
Gate channel. See Gate, 5.
Gate hook, the hook-formed piece of a gate hinge.
Gate money, entrance money for admission to an inclosure.
Gate tender, one in charge of a gate, as at a railroad
crossing.
Gate valva, a stop valve for a pipe, having a sliding gate
which affords a straight passageway when open.
Gate vein (Anat.), the portal vein.
To break gates (Eng. Univ.), to enter a college inclosure
after the hour to which a student has been restricted.
To stand in the gate, or gates, to occupy places or
advantage, power, or defense. Inextended
Inextended In`ex*tend"ed, a.
Not extended.
Intended
Intended In*tend"ed, a.
1. Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent.
[Obs.] --Spenser.
2. Purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help.
They drew a curse from an intended good. --Cowper.
3. Betrothed; affianced; as, an intended husband.
Intended
Intended In*tend"ed, n.
One with whom marriage is designed; one who is betrothed; an
affianced lover.
If it were not that I might appear to disparage his
intended, . . . I would add that to me she seems to be
throwing herself away. --Dickens.
Intendedly
Intendedly In*tend"ed*ly, adv.
Intentionally. [R.] --Milton.
IntendentIntendent In*tend"ent, n.
See Intendant, n. [Obs.] Intender
Intender In*tend"er, n.
One who intends. --Feltham.
Legal tender Legal tender. See under Legal.
Tender of issue (Law), a form of words in a pleading, by
which a party offers to refer the question raised upon it
to the appropriate mode of decision. --Burrill. Nolo contendere
Nolo contendere No"lo con*ten"de*re [L., I do not wish to
contend.] (Law)
A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, which,
without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences
of a plea of quilty.
ObtendedObtend Ob*tend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtended; p. pr. & vb.
n. Obtending.] [L. obtendere, obtentum, to stretch or place
before or against; ob (see Ob-) + tendere to stretch.]
1. To oppose; to hold out in opposition. [Obs.] --Dryden.
2. To offer as the reason of anything; to pretend. [Obs.]
--Dryden PretendedPretended Pre*tend"ed, a.
Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended
friend. -- Pre*tend"ed*ly, adv. PretendedlyPretended Pre*tend"ed, a.
Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended
friend. -- Pre*tend"ed*ly, adv. Pretendence
Pretendence Pre*tend"ence, n.
The act of pretending; pretense. [Obs.] --Daniel.
Pretender
Pretender Pre*tend"er, n.
1. One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a
claimant. Specifically, The pretender (Eng. Hist.), the
son or the grandson of James II., the heir of the royal
family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great
Britain, from which the house was excluded by law.
It is the shallow, unimproved intellects that are
the confident pretenders to certainty. --Glanvill.
2. One who pretends, simulates, or feigns.
Pretendership
Pretendership Pre*tend"er*ship, n.
The character, right, or claim of a pretender. --Swift.
ProtendedProtend Pro*tend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protended; p. pr. &
vb. n. Protending.] [L. protendere, protensum; pro before,
forth + tendere to stretch.]
To hold out; to stretch forth. [Obs.]
With his protended lance he makes defence. --Dryden. SubtendedSubtend Sub*tend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subtended; p. pr. &
vb. n. Subtending.] [L. subtendere; sub under + tendere to
stretch, extend. See Tend.]
To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle
which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc. SuperintendedSuperintend Su`per*in*tend", v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Superintended; p. pr. & vb. n. Superintending.] [L.
superintendere. See Super-, and Intend.]
To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee
with the power of direction; to take care of with authority;
to supervise; as, an officer superintends the building of a
ship or the construction of a fort.
The king may appoint a council, who may superintend the
works of this nature. --Bacon.
Syn: Superintend, Supervise.
Usage: These words in general use are the synonymous. As
sometimes used, supervise implies the more general,
and superintend, the more particular and constant,
inspection or direction. Among architects there is a
disposition to use the word supervise in the sense of
a general oversight of the main points of construction
with reference to the design, etc., and to employ the
word superintend to signify a constant, careful
attention to all the details of construction. But this
technical distinction is not firmly established. Superintendence
Superintendence Su`per*in*tend"ence, n. [Cf. F.
superintendance.]
The act of superintending; care and oversight for the purpose
of direction; supervision. --Barrow.
Syn: Inspection; oversight; care; direction; control;
guidance.
Meaning of Tende from wikipedia
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Tende (French pronunciation: [tɑ̃d] ; Italian,
Occitan and Royasc: Tenda) is a
commune in the Alpes-Maritimes
department in
southeastern France. Tende...
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- Col de
Tende (Italian:
Colle di Tenda;
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although the...
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tende (in
northern areas, tindi) is a drum made out of a mortar, and the
music ****ociated with it,
among the
Tuareg people. It is
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Awach Tende is a
settlement in Kenya's Homa Bay County.
Awach Tende is also the name of a
river in the Lake
Victoria catchment area.
Along with Awach...
- (1507–1566) was a
French governor and commander. Son of René of Savoy,
Tende's career would begin at a
young age,
fighting at the
Battle of
Pavia in 1525...
- the ****anese W****ly
Shonen Jump
magazine in 1989 with the
romantic comedy Tende Shawaru Cupid.
Shonen Jump
staff (May 2003). "Interview:
Yoshihiro Togashi"...
- was a
French nobleman and soldier. He was
count of
Villars (1497) and of
Tende (1501).
Known as "the
Great **** of Savoy", he was the
illegitimate son...
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later years.
Three works were
published posthumously: La
Comtesse de
Tende (1718),
Histoire d'Henriette d'Angleterre (1720), and
Memoires de la Cour...
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Tuareg traditions in the face of
exile is also explored. Musically, the
tende drum and three-stringed
teherdent Malian lute are the
roots of the style...
