Entry Word: attend

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship <a passel of assistants attend the movie star wherever she goes> — see accompany
2 to pay attention especially through the act of hearing <I'm sorry, but all the noise means I'm having a hard time attending to the conversation> — see listen
3 to take charge of especially on behalf of another <tired of attending other peopleʼs children, the nanny was eager to have a child of her own> — see ²tend 1