Part 759

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who is present and takes part in the proceedings; <as>as, an <ex>attendant</ex> at a meeting</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which accompanies; a concomitant.</def>

<blockquote> sense of fame, the <b>attendant</b> of noble spirits. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who owes duty or service to, or depends on, another.</def>

<i>Cowell.</i>

<h1>Attendement</h1> <Xpage=98>

<hw>At*tend"e*ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Intent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Attender</h1> <Xpage=98>

<hw>At*tend"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, attends.</def>

<h1>Attendment</h1> <Xpage=98>

<hw>At*tend"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>atendement</ets>.]</ety> <def>An attendant circumstance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The uncomfortable <b>attendments</b> of hell. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Attent</h1> <Xpage=98>

<hw>At*tent"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>attentus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>attendere</ets>. See <er>Attend</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Attentive; heedful.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Let thine ears be <b>attent</b> unto the prayer. <i>2 Chron. vi. 40.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Attent</h1> <Xpage=98>

<hw>At*tent"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Attention; heed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Attentate, Attentat</h1> <Xpage=98>

<hw><hw>At*ten"tate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>At*ten"tat</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>attentatum</ets>, pl. <ets>attentata</ets>, fr. <ets>attentare</ets> to attempt: cf. F. <ets>attentat</ets> criminal attempt. See <er>Attempt</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An attempt; an assault.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A proceeding in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any step wrongly innovated or attempted in a suit by an inferior judge.</def>

<h1>Attention</h1> <Xpage=98>

<hw>At*ten"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>attentio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>attention</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or special consideration; earnest consideration, thought, or regard; obedient or affectionate heed; the supposed power or faculty of attending.</def>

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<blockquote>They say the tongues of dying men Enforce <b>attention</b> like deep harmony. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Attention</i> is consciousness and something more. It is consciousness voluntarily applied, under its law of limitations, to some determinate object; it is consciousness concentrated.</note>