Obs. rare. [Aphetic f. ATTENDMENT. Cf. TEND v.1 and OF. tendement intention.]

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  1.  Meaning, significance. [Cf. F. entendement.]

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1519.  Horman, Vulg., 77. That worde may haue double tendement.

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  2.  Care, attention.

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1597–8.  Bp. Hall, Sat., II. iv. 21. Whether ill tendment, or recurelesse paine Procure his death.

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