Definition of tend

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Tend (a.) To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence; to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if granted, might tend to our destruction..

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Diageotropism :: Diageotropism (n.) The tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the center of the earth.
Diverge :: Diverge (v. i.) To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun..
Assurance :: Assurance (n.) The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.
Bode :: Bode (v. t.) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow..
Bladder :: Bladder (n.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp..
Squire :: Squire (n.) A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau..
Remember :: Remember (v. t.) To be capable of recalling when required; to keep in mind; to be continually aware or thoughtful of; to preserve fresh in the memory; to attend to; to think of with gratitude, affection, respect, or any other emotion..
Commerce :: Commerce (n.) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic..
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, colored chalk, slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod intended to be pointed, or in a case, which forms a handle, -- used for drawing or writing. See Graphite..
Bicker :: Bicker (v. i.) To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle.
Strain :: Strain (a.) To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument..
#NAME? :: Superintendence (n.) The act of superintending; care and oversight for the purpose of direction; supervision.
Corruptive :: Corruptive (a.) Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce corruption.
Australize :: Australize (v. i.) To tend toward the south pole, as a magnet..
Homely :: Homely (n.) Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners..
Funeral :: Funeral (n.) The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment.
Fare :: Fare (n.) To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate; as, he fared well, or ill..
Widen :: Widen (v. t.) To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking..
Lichen :: Lichen (n.) A name given to several varieties of skin disease, esp. to one characterized by the eruption of small, conical or flat, reddish pimples, which, if unchecked, tend to spread and produce great and even fatal exhaustion..
Tear-falling :: Tear-falling (a.) Shedding tears; tender.
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