[tend] vb [ME, short for attenden to attend] vi (14c) 1 archaic: listen
2: to pay attention: apply oneself "~ to your own affairs"
3: to act as an attendant: serve
4. obs: await ~ vt 1 archaic: to attend as a servant
2. a: to apply oneself to the care of: watch over b: to have or take charge of as a caretaker or overseer c: cultivate, foster d: to manage the operations of: mind "~ the store"
3: to stand by (as a rope) in readiness to prevent mischance (as fouling)
[2]tend vi [ME, fr. MF tendre to stretch, fr. L tendere--more at thin] (14c) 1: to move, direct, or develop one's course in a particular direction "cannot tell where society is ~ing"
2: to exhibit an inclination or tendency: conduce "~s to be optimistic"