atend
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English attenden, atenden, from Old English ātendan, earlier ontendan (“to set on fire, set fire to, kindle, inflame, trouble, perplex”), equivalent to a- + tend. More at tend.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /əˈtɛnd/, [əˈtʰɛnd]
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnd
- Homophone: attend
Verb[edit]
atend (third-person singular simple present atends, present participle atending, simple past and past participle atended)
- (transitive, obsolete) To set on fire; kindle.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To take or catch fire.
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