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attend
verb attended, attending
    tr & intr
    1. To be present at something.
      Thesaurus: make an appearance, show up, visit, be a guest, frequent, haunt; Antonym: leave, be absent.
    2. To go regularly to (eg school, church, etc).
    3. To go along with; to accompany.
      Example: higher prices attended by a lowering in demand
    4. To wait upon; to serve.
      Example: had to attend the princess's every need
Derivative: attender
noun
    Etymology: 13c: from Latin attendere, from ad- to + tendere to stretch.

    Phrasal Verb: attend on or upon someone
      To wait upon or serve them.
    Phrasal Verb: attend on or upon something
      To follow as a result of it.
    Phrasal Verb: attend to someone or something
      To take care of them or it or to take action over them or it.


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