tendance

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noun

The act of attending to or looking after something; tending, attention.

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Meanings

nountendance (countable and uncountable, plural tendances)

plural tendances

  1. countableuncountableThe act of attending to or looking after something; tending, attention.

    And up they rose as vigorous as the Sun, / Or to the Culture of the willing Glebe, / Or to the cheerful Tendance of the Flock.

    a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC
  2. archaiccountableuncountableattendance (The act of attending or waiting)

    What but love, kindness, and all affection is her tendance upon poor Emily. To her, is she not all meekness, all love, all forbearance?

    1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XI, page 136
  3. countableobsoleteuncountablePeople in attendance; attendants.

    […] his lobbies fill with tendance, / Rain sacrificial whisperings in his ear,

    c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], line 83

Origin

See tend (“to attend”), and compare attendance.

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