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I. noun see: thin Date: 14th century a collapsible shelter of fabric (as nylon or canvas) stretched and sustained by poles and used for camping outdoors or as a temporary building, dwelling , 3. something that resembles a ~ or that serves as a shelter, the web of a ~ caterpillar, ~less adjective ~like adjective II. verb Date: circa 1608 intransitive verb to reside for the time being ; lodge , to live in a ~, transitive verb to cover with or as if with a ~, to lodge in ~s, III. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from ~ at~ion, short for at~, from Anglo-French a~e, from atendre to attend Date: 14th century to attend to