atend

English

WOTD – 14 August 2015

Alternative forms

• attend, atent

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English attenden, atenden, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English ātendan, earlier ontendan (“to set on fire, set fire to, kindle, inflame, trouble, perplex”), equivalent to a- +‎ tend. More at tend.

Verb

atend (third-person singular simple present atends, present participle atending, simple past and past participle atended)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To set on fire; kindle.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To take or catch fire.

Anagrams

• Dante, Tenda, anted, entad