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Definition of Attend to
1. Verb. Get down to; pay attention to; take seriously. "Attend to your duties, please"
2. Verb. Work for or be a servant to. "Sam cannot attend to Sue "; "The minister served the King for many years"
Specialized synonyms: Valet, Fag
Generic synonyms: Aid, Assist, Help
Related verbs: Serve
Derivative terms: Assist, Attendant, Attender, Servant, Servitor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Attend To
Literary usage of Attend to
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... half tlio ship* across tlio Isthmus first, and lot these »nil oil' immediately ;
that tho Athenians might not attend to those which wero setting out, ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"The Spanish ambassador will attend to congratulate the illustrious centenarian
in the name of the government of his native country, and addresses will be ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1856)
"Bowerman, probably a name given to a person appointed to attend to the apartments
belonging Wallinger, probably from the German wallen, meaning a rambler or ..."
4. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1823)
"attend to . XXIV. Rule 12. Rule 12. The tendency of the above considerations is to
... attend to ..."
5. The Lancet (1842)
"... to attend to the ¡ gidity The draught to be taken every four hour» ; and a
blister applied to the right temple. , . han that of I ..."
6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... are supposed to have become a contract by their acceptance. tant from the
property that other agenta can attend to ft at less expense than he can. ..."
7. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"Copies of this present decree shall be sent to the financial and to the commercial
and colonial departments, that they may respectively attend to the ..."
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