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   Tend , v. t. [See Tender to offer.] (O. Eng. Law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender. [Obs.]
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   Tend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tended; p. pr. & vb. n. Tending.] [Aphetic form of attend. See Attend, Tend to move, and cf. Tender one that tends or attends.]
   To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks.
   Shak.
   
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   And flaming ministers to watch and tend
   Their earthly charge.
   Milton.
   
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   There 's not a sparrow or a wren,
   There 's not a blade of autumn grain,
   Which the four seasons do not tend
   And tides of life and increase lend.
   Emerson.
   
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   To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
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   Being to descend
   A ladder much in height, I did not tend
   My way well down.
   Chapman.
   
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   To tend a vessel (Naut.), to manage an anchored vessel when the tide turns, so that in swinging she shall not entangle the cable.
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   Tend, v. i.
   To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with on or upon.
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   Was he not companion with the riotous knights
   That tend upon my father?
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   [F. attendre.] To await; to expect. [Obs.]
   Shak.
   
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   Tend, v. i. [F. tendre, L. tendere, tensum and tentum, to stretch, extend, direct one's course, tend; akin to Gr.  to stretch, Skr. tan. See Thin, and cf. Tend to attend, Contend, Intense, Ostensible, Portent, Tempt, Tender to offer, Tense, a.]
   To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or towards.
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   Two gentlemen tending towards that sight.
   Sir H. Wotton.
   
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   Thus will this latter, as the former world,
   Still tend from bad to worse.
   Milton.
   
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   The clouds above me to the white Alps tend.
   Byron.
   
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   To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence; to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if granted, might tend to our destruction.
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   The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
   Prov. xxi. 5.
   
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   The laws of our religion tend to the universal happiness of mankind.
   Tillotson.
   
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