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▪ I. ˈtendant, a. and n. arch.
Also 4 -aunt, 7 (improp.) -ent.
[Aphetic f. attendant.]
A. adj. Attending, giving attention or service, waiting (upon).
13..Cursor M. 19034 (Gött.) Thre hundreth men and wiuis, Þat desseli bath late and are Þar tendant to þe apostlisware. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) III. 279 Socrates, þat was alway tendaunt to a spirit þat was i-cleped demon. 1592Warner Alb. Eng. viii. xliii. (1612) 206 Henry the second vpon whom the Scotch-King tendant was. 1824J. H. Wiffen Tasso ii. lvii, Tendant on each knight Rode many a page and armour-bearer bold.
B. n. An attendant.
1586Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 111 A farre other end and purpose, then of euery ordinary tendant is commonly required. 1614T. Adams Devil's Banquet 24 Great men are vnmercifull to their Tenants, that they may be ouer⁓mercifull to their Tendents; that stretch them as fast as they retch the others. 1632Vicars æneid iv. 114 Her tendants saw her fal'n upon her sword.
▪ II. tendant
obs. f. tendent a., tending. |