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▪ I. attender|əˈtɛndə(r)|
[f. as attend v. + -er1.]
1. One who gives heed or attention; an observer.
1660–3J. Spencer Prodigies (1665) 287 Crazy brains..are not seldom the most curious attenders of such things as these. 1876M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma 49 Attending to conduct..makes the attender feel that it is joy to do it.
2. He who (or that which) attends or waits upon, esp. to render service; a ministrant, attendant.
1461–83Ord. R. Househ. 83 One page..to be labourer and attender. 1594Daniel Cleop. (1717) 290 Go my Maids, my Fortune's sole Attenders. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. 1653, 342 The attenders of the sick. 1635Stafford Fem. Glory (1869) 117 On whose lookes, words, and actions, Modesty is a dilligent attender. 1681Glanvill Sadducismus i. (1726) 40 These mischievous spirits..are more constant Attenders..upon the Actions and Inclinations of such, whose Genius and Designs prepare them for their Temptations.
3. = attendant n. 4.
1704J. Blair in Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Col. Ch. I. 96, I was a constant attender at Councils. 1882McQueen in Macm. Mag. XLVI. 164 Tobacco and pipes are not provided..each attender bringing his own supply.
▪ II. † aˈttender, v. Obs. rare—1.
[prob. a. F. attendre in the sense of ‘tend, attend to,’ confused with the idea of tender: see tender v.2]
To treat with kindly attention or regard.
1550–3Decaye Eng. in Supplic. 96 We desyre you sumwhat to attender the premisses. |