atend

English

WOTD – 14 August 2015

Alternative forms

attend, atent

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /əˈtɛnd/, [əˈtʰɛnd]
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛnd
Homophone: attend

Verb

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

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

Anagrams

Dante, Tenda, anted, denat, denat., entad

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