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To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to. Being to descend A ladder much in height, I did not tend My way well down. Chapman. To tend a vessel (Naut.), to manage an anchored vessel when the tide turns, so that in swinging she shall not entangle the cable.

Attention; regard, care. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Lydgate.

Attentive. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Attentively. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain; thoughtful in seeking truth. Glanvill.

Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check. Dickens.

trength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade. Shak. Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past. Dryden. To tire out, to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass.

e; also, to sing loudly or freely. Will you troll the catch Shak. His sonnets charmed the attentive crowd, By wide-mouthed mortaltrolled aloud. Hudibras.

yes to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or from something. "Expert when to advance, or stand, or, turn the sway of battle." Milton. Thrice I deluded her, and turned to sport Her importunity. Milton. My thoughts are turned on peace. Addison.…

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Not aware; not noticing; giving no heed; thoughtless; inattentive. Swift.

To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like; hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement.

Not directed or given to more than one object; as, undivided attention or affection. Shak.

grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful. South.

To present in an urgent manner; to press upon attention; to insist upon; as, to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case.

Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important. "The urgent hour." Shak. Some urgent cause to ordain the contrary. Hooker. The Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they might send them out of the land in haste. Ex. xii. 33.

imperative sing. of L. videre, to see; -- used to direct attention to something; as, vide supra, see above.

To see; to behold; especially, to look at with attention, or for the purpose of examining; to examine with the eye; to inspect; to explore. O, let me view his visage, being dead. Shak. Nearer to view his prey, and, unespied, To mark what of their state he more might learn. Milton.

Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary. "Be sober, be vigilant." 1 Pet. v. 8. Sirs, take your places, and be vigilant. Shak.

ulgar life. Addison. In reading an account of a battle, we follow the hero with our whole attention, but seldom reflect on the vulgar heaps of slaughter. Rambler.