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tendance
[ ten-duhns ]
noun
- attention; care; ministration, as to the sick.
- Archaic. servants or attendants.
tendance
/ ˈtɛndəns /
noun
- rare.care and attention; ministration
- obsolete.attendants collectively
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tendance1
First recorded in 1565–75; aphetic variant of attendance
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Example Sentences
Her simple, kindly nature had turned in solicitude and affection to this springing life that responded to her tendance.
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Under the eye and tendance of his betrothed, he found during the next few weeks some mitigation of his sufferings.
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It did not come to an actual rupture, chiefly because Yule could not do without his wife; her tendance had become indispensable.
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A pleasing passage of Spenser illustrates their affectionate tendance of the sick.
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La tendance des révolutions est de le ramener toujours parmi les gouvernants.
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