Part 758

<blockquote>He was required to <b>attend</b> upon the committee. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>(with <i>to</i>) To take charge of; to look after; <as>as, to <ex>attend</ex> to a matter of business</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To wait; to stay; to delay.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>For this perfection she must yet <b>attend</b>, Till to her Maker she espoused be. <i>Sir J. Davies.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To <er>Attend</er>, <er>Listen</er>, <er>Hearken</er>.</syn> <usage> We <i>attend</i> with a view to hear and learn; we <i>listen</i> with fixed attention, in order to hear correctly, or to consider what has been said; we <i>hearken</i> when we listen with a willing mind, and in reference to obeying.</usage>

<h1>Attendance</h1> <Xpage=98>

<hw>At*tend"ance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>attendance</ets>, OF. <ets>atendance</ets>, fr. <ets>atendre</ets>, F. <ets>attendre</ets>. See <er>Attend</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Attention; regard; careful application.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Till I come, give <b>attendance</b> to reading. <i>1 Tim. iv. 13.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being present; presence.</def>

<blockquote>Constant <b>attendance</b> at church three times a day. <i>Fielding.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Waiting for; expectation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Languishing <b>attendance</b> and expectation of death. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The persons attending; a retinue; attendants.</def>

<blockquote>If your stray <b>attendance</b> by yet lodged. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Attendancy</h1> <Xpage=98>

<hw>At*tend"an*cy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of attending or accompanying; attendance; an attendant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Attendant</h1> <Xpage=98>

<hw>At*tend"ant</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>attendant</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>attendre</ets>. See <er>Attend</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.</def>

<blockquote>From the <b>attendant</b> flotilla rang notes triumph. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Cherub and Seraph . . . <b>attendant</b> on their Lord. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; <as>as, intemperance with all its <ex>attendant</ex> evils</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The natural melancholy <b>attendant</b> upon his situation added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Depending on, or owing duty or service to; <as>as, the widow <ex>attendant</ex> to the heir</as>.</def>

<i>Cowell.</i>

<cs><col>Attendant keys</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>the keys or scales most nearly related to, or having most in common with, the principal key; those, namely, of its fifth above, or dominant, its fifth below (fourth above), or subdominant, and its relative minor or major.</cd></cs>

<h1>Attendant</h1> <Xpage=98>

<hw>At*tend"ant</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor.</def> "A train of <i>attendants</i>."

<i>Hallam.</i>