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Attending, giving attention or service, waiting (upon).
Const. to (obsolete), on, upon.
That waits upon, or attends to, another; that acts as an attendant, or waiter. Often hyphenated with the qualified noun as in waiting-gentlewoman, wa…
Waiting to do service, ministrant, attendant.