"'tend" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: 'tends [present, singular, third-person], 'tending [participle, present], 'tended [participle, past], 'tended [past]
Etymology: Shortening of attend or hypercorrection of tend to reflect its etymology Head templates: {{en-verb}} 'tend (third-person singular simple present 'tends, present participle 'tending, simple past and past participle 'tended)
  1. Obsolete form of tend. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: tend
    Sense id: en-'tend-en-verb-TetSGNKx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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