different between attend vs approve

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /??t?nd/, [??t??nd]
• Rhymes: -?nd
• Homophone: atend

Etymology 1

From Middle English attenden, atenden, from Old French atendre (“to attend, listen”), from Latin attendere (“to stretch toward, give heed to”), from ad (“to”) + tendere (“to stretch”); see tend and compare attempt.

Verb

attend (third-person singular simple present attends, present participle attending, simple past and past participle attended)

1. (archaic, transitive) To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed. [from 15th c.]

   • The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskilful words of the passenger.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To listen (to, unto). [from 15th c.]
   • 1912, Rudyard Kipling, The Beginning of the Armadillos

     'Now attend to me,' said Painted Jaguar, 'because this is very important. […]

4. (intransitive) To turn one's consideration (to); to deal with (a task, problem, concern etc.), to look after. [from 15th c.]
5. (transitive, intransitive) To wait upon as a servant etc.; to accompany to assist (someone). [from 15th c.]
7. (transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; to regularly go to (an event or place). [from 17th c.]
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 20:

     I attended a one-room school next door to the palace and studied English, Xhosa, history and geography.

8. (intransitive, law) To go to (a place) for some purpose (with at).
9. To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to.
   • 1697, John Dryden, The Georgics

     What cares must then attend the toiling swain.
10. To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.

    • the different state of perfect happiness or misery that attends all men after this

    • 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour

      Three days I promised to attend my doom.

Synonyms

• (listen to): behear, heed, mark, notice
• (listen): notice, pay attention, take heed; See also Thesaurus:listen or Thesaurus:pay attention
• (wait upon as a servant): bestand, serve; See also Thesaurus:serve
• (wait for): See also Thesaurus:wait for

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English attenden, atenden, from Old English ?tendan (“to set on fire, kindle, inflame, trouble, perplex”), equivalent to a- +? tend.

Verb

attend (third-person singular simple present attends, present participle attending, simple past and past participle attended)

1. Alternative form of atend ("to kindle").

Related terms

• tend
• tinder

References

• attend at OneLook Dictionary Search
• attend in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Adnett

Dutch

Pronunciation

Participle

attend

1. present participle of atten

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.t??/

Verb

attend

1. third-person singular present indicative of attendre

Anagrams

• datent

English

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p?u?v/
• Rhymes: -u?v

Etymology 1

From Middle English aproven, appreoven, appreven, apreven, borrowed from Old French aprover, approver, approuvir, appreuver (“to approve”), from Latin approb?, from ad + prob? (“to esteem as good, approve, prove”). Compare prove, approbate.

Verb

approve (third-person singular simple present approves, present participle approving, simple past and past participle approved)

1. (transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.

2. (transitive) To regard as good or suitable; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.

3. (transitive, archaic) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
   • 1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession Of James II

     He had approved himself a great warrior.

   • 1844, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: Second Series

     Opportunities to approve […] worth.

   • 1812-1818, Lord Byron, Child Harolde's Piligrimage

     'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true.

   • 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, III:

     He had long burned with impatience to approve his valour.

4. (intransitive, followed by "of") To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
   • 2016, Mitski, Your Best American Girl

     Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me. But I do, I think I do. And you're an all-American boy

   • 1995, The Verve, A Northern Soul

     Dad didn't approve of me, do you? I'm alive with something inside of me.

   • 1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession Of James II

     They had not approved of the deposition of James.

   • 1758, Jonathan Swift, The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen

     Their address was in the most dutiful manner, approving of what her majesty had done toward a peace, and dissolve her parliament

5. (archaic, transitive, usually with a reflexive pronoun) To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.
   • a. 1729, John Rogers, The Duty and Advantageous of Trust in God

     The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English approuen, approven, from Old French aprouer; a- + a form apparently derived from the pro, prod, in Latin pr?sum (“be useful or profitable”). Compare with improve.

Verb

approve (third-person singular simple present approves, present participle approving, simple past and past participle approved)

1. (transitive, law, English law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.

References

• approve in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.