tend (1 is peculiar to S.; “tend”=have a tendency, is freq.; it has a different origin from this word)
1.
to be in waiting or
attendance
Ham. I. iii. 83
“your servants
tend,”
IV. iii. 48.
2.
to wait or attend
upon
Tp. I. ii. 47
“woman . . . that t-ed
me,”
Troil. II. iii. 136,
Lr. II. iv. 266, Ant. II. ii. 215 (see
EYE 3), IV. ii. 24.
3.
to take care of, look
after John V. vi. 32,
2H6 I. i. 205
“they do tend the profit
of the land.”
4.
to guard
R3 IV. i. 92
“good angels
thee!”
(Qq “guard”).
5.
to accompany
R2 IV. i. 199
“They”
[cares] “ the
crown.”
