Sc. Obs. rare. [Aphetic f. ATTENT or INTENT a.] Attent, watchful; intent.
1789. Davidson, Seasons, 77. Up cam Tam Tell an’ Sutor Sam … As tent upo’ the aftergame, As hounds loos’d frae a kennel. Ibid., 90. Up started Rosy Dougan, As tent as if she had been a puss.
