† atendv.
Obsolete.
1.
a. transitive. To set on fire, kindle.
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the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > ardent or fervent [verb (transitive)] > inflame (with) passion
annealeOE
ontendeOE
anheatOE
atend1006
tindc1175
firec1225
heat?c1225
inlowa1300
inflamea1340
eschaufec1374
flamec1380
kindlec1390
chafe1393
achafea1400
to set a firec1400
lighta1413
incense1435
scaldc1480
embrase1483
incend?1504
to set on fire?1526
enkindle1561
enfire1596
flush1633
boil1649
calenturea1657
infirea1661
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > kindle or set alight
annealeOE
ontendeOE
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alightOE
kindlec1175
tindc1175
lightc1225
lightenc1384
quickc1390
firea1393
to set (a) fire in, on, upon, of, now only toc1400
quickenc1425
accenda1475
enlumine1477
to light upa1500
to shoot (something) on firec1540
to give fire1562
incend1598
entine1612
betine1659
emblaze1743
to touch off1759
ignite1823
994 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) Hi mid fyre ontendan woldon.]
1006 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) Hi..atendon heora beacna.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 107 Leomene fader..for þan þe he sunne atend.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2413 A candlee he attendeþ.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2728 A stoon, þat is so hote of kynde That what thing com forby, a-noon it woll a-tend.
b. figurative.
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c1175 Lamb. Hom. 95 Heortan þet calde weren..beon atende to þan heofenliche biboden.
a1250 Passion Our Lord 661 Old Eng. Misc. 56 Hi weren of þe holy goste attende.
2. intransitive. To take fire.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or be on fire [verb (intransitive)] > catch fire or begin to burn
quicka1225
kindle?c1225
tindc1290
atend1398
to catch fire (also afire, on fire)c1400
quickenc1425
enkindle1556
fire1565
to set on fire1596
take1612
catch1632
conflagrate1657
to fly on fire1692
to go up1716
deflagrate1752
flagrate1756
inflame1783
ignite1818
to fire up1845
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. iv Þis tre ‘Abies’ atenteþ ful sone, and brenneþ with lyȝte leye.
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