atenden

Galician

Verb

atenden

1. third-person plural present indicative of atender

Alternative forms

• attend, atent

Middle English

Etymology

PIE word
*úd

From Old English ātendan (“to set on fire, kindle, inflame; to perplex; to trouble”), a variant of earlier ontendan (“to set on fire, set fire to, kindle, inflame; to perplex; to trouble”), from ā- (prefix meaning ‘away; from; off; out’), on- (prefix meaning ‘at; on’) + tendan (“to kindle”) (from Proto-Germanic *tandijaną (“to light on fire, kindle”), the causative form of *tinnaną (“to burn”); ultimate etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂w- (“to burn; to kindle”)).

Verb

atenden (third-person singular simple present atendeth, present participle atendende, atendynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle atended) (transitive)

1. To set (something) on fire; to kindle.
2. To bring light to (something); to illuminate, to light up.
3. (figurative) To cause (someone) to feel ardour or passion.

Alternative forms

• atend, attend