n. [ L. Achillis tendo. ] (Anat.) The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Attended; p. pr. & vb. n. Attending. ] [ OE. atenden, OF. atendre, F. attendre, to expect, to wait, fr. L. attendre to stretch, (sc. animum), to apply the mind to; ad + tendere to stretch. See Tend. ] 1. To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskillful words of the passenger. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch over. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fifth had charge sick persons to attend. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Attends the emperor in his royal court. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

With a sore heart and a gloomy brow, he prepared to attend William thither. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to; as, a measure attended with ill effects. [ 1913 Webster ]

What cares must then attend the toiling swain. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To be present at; as, to attend church, school, a concert, a business meeting. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The state that attends all men after this. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Three days I promised to attend my doom. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To Attend, Mind, Regard, Heed, Notice. Attend is generic, the rest are specific terms. To mind is to attend so that it may not be forgotten; to regard is to look on a thing as of importance; to heed is to attend to a thing from a principle of caution; to notice is to think on that which strikes the senses. Crabb. See Accompany. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To apply the mind, or pay attention, with a view to perceive, understand, or comply; to pay regard; to heed; to listen; -- usually followed by to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Attend to the voice of my supplications. Ps. lxxxvi. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man can not at the same time attend to two objects. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To accompany or be present or near at hand, in pursuance of duty; to be ready for service; to wait or be in waiting; -- often followed by on or upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was required to attend upon the committee. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (with to) To take charge of; to look after; as, to attend to a matter of business. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To wait; to stay; to delay. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

For this perfection she must yet attend,
Till to her Maker she espoused be. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To Attend, Listen, Hearken. We attend with a view to hear and learn; we listen with fixed attention, in order to hear correctly, or to consider what has been said; we hearken when we listen with a willing mind, and in reference to obeying. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. attendance, OF. atendance, fr. atendre, F. attendre. See Attend, v. t. ] 1. Attention; regard; careful application. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Till I come, give attendance to reading. 1 Tim. iv. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being present; presence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Constant attendance at church three times a day. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Waiting for; expectation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Languishing attendance and expectation of death. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The persons attending; a retinue; attendants. [ 1913 Webster ]

If your stray attendance by yet lodged. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of attending or accompanying; attendance; an attendant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. attendant, p. pr. of attendre. See Attend, v. t. ] 1. Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting. [ 1913 Webster ]

From the attendant flotilla rang notes triumph. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cherub and Seraph . . . attendant on their Lord. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils. [ 1913 Webster ]

The natural melancholy attendant upon his situation added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Attendant keys (Mus.), the keys or scales most nearly related to, or having most in common with, the principal key; those, namely, of its fifth above, or dominant, its fifth below (fourth above), or subdominant, and its relative minor or major. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor. “A train of attendants.” Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who is present and takes part in the proceedings; as, an attendant at a meeting. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which accompanies; a concomitant. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ A ] sense of fame, the attendant of noble spirits. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) One who owes duty or service to, or depends on, another. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Intent. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, attends. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. atendement. ] An attendant circumstance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The uncomfortable attendments of hell. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A barkeeper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cristendōm; cristen a Christian + -dom. ] 1. The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Pretty, fond, adoptious christendoms. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in distinction from heathen or Muslim lands. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Arian doctrine which then divided Christendom. Milton [ 1913 Webster ]

A wide and still widening Christendom. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The whole body of Christians. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Coextended; p. pr. & vb. n. Coextending. ] To extend through the same space or time with another; to extend to the same degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

According to which the least body may be coextended with the greatest. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Has your English language one single word that is coextended through all these significations? Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Contended; p. pr. & vb. n. Contending. ] [ OF. contendre, L. contendere, -tentum; con- + tendere to strech. See Tend. ] 1. To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight. [ 1913 Webster ]

For never two such kingdoms did contend
Without much fall of blood. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle. Deut. ii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

In ambitious strength I did
Contend against thy valor. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend. [ 1913 Webster ]

You sit above, and see vain men below
Contend for what you only can bestow. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue. [ 1913 Webster ]

The question which our author would contend for. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many things he fiercely contended about were trivial. Dr. H. More.

Syn. -- To struggle; fight; combat; vie; strive; oppose; emulate; contest; litigate; dispute; debate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To struggle for; to contest. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Carthage shall contend the world with Rome.Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. contendens, p. pr. ] An antagonist; a contestant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In all notable changes and revolutions the contendents have been still made a prey to the third party. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who contends; a contestant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female contestant. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. convertenus to be converted. ] (Logic) Any proposition which is subject to the process of conversion; -- so called in its relation to itself as converted, after which process it is termed the converse. See Converse, n. (Logic). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Distended; p. pr. & vb. n. Distending. ] [ L. distendere, distentum, distensum; dis- + tendere to stretch, stretch out: cf. F. distendre to distend, détendre to unbend. See Tend, and cf. Detent. ] 1. To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven
Distended as the brow of God appeased? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The warmth distends the chinks. Dryden.

Syn. -- To dilate; expand; enlarge; swell; inflate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become expanded or inflated; to swell. “His heart distends with pride.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. double double + entendre to mean. This is a barbarous compound of French words. The true French equivalent is double entente. ] A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. entendre, fr. L. intendere. See Intend. ] To attend to; to apply one's self to. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To make tender. [ R. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To treat with tenderness. [ R. ] Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Extended; p. pr. & vb. n. Extending. ] [ L. extendere, extentum, extensum; ex out + tendere to stretch. See Trend. ] 1. To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street. [ 1913 Webster ]

Few extend their thoughts toward universal knowledge. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or a season of trial. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

His helpless hand extend. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors. G. P. Burnham. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Eng. Law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Extended letter (Typog.), a letter, or style of type, having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type of the same height. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This is extended type.

Syn. -- To increase; enlarge; expand; widen; diffuse. See Increase. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Displaced. Ogilvie. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an extended manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, extends or stretches anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Liable to be taken by a writ of extent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Unlimited extension. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An . . . extendlessness of excursions. Sir. M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not extended. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Intended; p. pr. & vb. n. Intending. ] [ OE. entenden to be attentive, F. entendre, fr. L. intendre, intentum, and intensum, to intend, attend, stretch out, extend; pref. in- in + tendere to stretch, stretch out. See Tend. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To stretch; to extend; to distend. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By this the lungs are intended or remitted. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To strain; to make tense. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

When a bow is successively intended and remedied. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To intensify; to strengthen. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Magnetism may be intended and remitted. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To apply with energy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let him intend his mind, without respite, without rest, in one direction. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey. [ Archaic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Having no children, she did, with singular care and tenderness, intend the education of Philip. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

My soul, not being able to intend two things at once, abated of its fervency in praying. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); to be intent upon; to mean; to design; to plan; to purpose; -- often followed by an infinitely with to, or a dependent clause with that; as, he intends to go; he intends that she shall remain. [ 1913 Webster ]

They intended evil against thee. Ps. xxi. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

To-morrow he intends
To hunt the boar with certain of his friends. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to mold. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Modesty was made
When she was first intended. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Intend a kind of zeal both to the prince and Claudio. Shak.

Syn. -- To purpose; mean; design; plan; conceive; contemplate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Intendancies [ Cf. F. intendance. See Intendant. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The office or employment of an intendant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A territorial district committed to the charge of an intendant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. intendant, fr. L. intendere to direct (one's thoughts) to a thing. See Intend. ] One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent; as, an intendant of marine; an intendant of finance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Intend. ] Attentive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help. [ 1913 Webster ]

They drew a curse from an intended good. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Betrothed; affianced; as, an intended husband. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One with whom marriage is designed; one who is betrothed; an affianced lover. [ 1913 Webster ]

If it were not that I might appear to disparage his intended, . . . I would add that to me she seems to be throwing herself away. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Intentionally. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Intendant, n. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who intends. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. intendimentum. See Intendment. ] Attention; consideration; knowledge; understanding. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. entendement understanding, insight, F. entendement, fr. LL. intendimentum. See Intend. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Charge; oversight. [ Obs. ] Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Intention; design; purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

The intendment of God and nature. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To misunderstand; to disregard. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To aim amiss. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., I do not wish to contend. ] (Law) A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, which, without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of a plea of guilty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A failure to attend; omission of attendance; nonappearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Obtended; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtending. ] [ L. obtendere, obtentum, to stretch or place before or against; ob (see Ob-) + tendere to stretch. ] 1. To oppose; to hold out in opposition. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To offer as the reason of anything; to pretend. [ Obs. ] Dryden [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. ostendere to show. ] To exhibit; to manifest. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Mercy to mean offenders we'll ostend. J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Portended; p. pr. & vb. n. Portending. ] [ L. portendre, portentum, to foretell, to predict, to impend, from an old preposition used in comp. + tendere to stretch. See Position, Tend. ] 1. To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of unpropitious signs. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many signs portended a dark and stormy day. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To stretch out before. [ R. ] “Doomed to feel the great Idomeneus' portended steel.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; augur; presage; foreshadow; threaten. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pretended; p. pr. & vb. n. Pretending. ] [ OE. pretenden to lay claim to, F. prétendre, L. praetendere, praetentum, to stretch forward, pretend, simulate, assert; prae before + tendere to stretch. See Tend, v. t. ] 1. To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chiefs shall be grudged the part which they pretend. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest that too heavenly form, pretended
To hellish falsehood, snare them. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship. [ 1913 Webster ]

This let him know,
Lest, willfully transgressing, he pretend
Surprisal. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Such as shall pretend
Malicious practices against his state. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To hold before one; to extend. [ Obs. ] “His target always over her pretended.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]