Attemptable to Attirement

Attemptable
(At*tempt"a*ble) a. Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked. Shak.

Attempter
(At*tempt"er) n.

1. One who attempts; one who essays anything.

2. An assailant; also, a temper. [Obs.]

Attemptive
(At*tempt"ive) a. Disposed to attempt; adventurous. [Obs.] Daniel.

Attend
(At*tend") 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, 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.]

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

2. To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch over.

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.

The fifth had charge sick persons to attend.
Spenser.

Attends the emperor in his royal court.
Shak.

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

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

What cares must then attend the toiling swain.
Dryden.

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

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

The state that attends all men after this.
Locke.

Three days I promised to attend my doom.
Dryden.

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.

Attend
(At*tend") 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.

Attend to the voice of my supplications.
Ps. lxxxvi. 6.

Man can not at the same time attend to two objects.
Jer. Taylor.


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