attend: [13] Etymologically, attend means ‘stretch to’. It comes originally from Latin attendere, a compound verb formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and tendere ‘stretch’ (a descendant of an Indo-European base *ten-, *ton- ‘stretch’ which also produced, among others, Latin tenēre ‘hold’ – source of English contain, maintain, obtain, etc – and English tendon, thin, and tone).
By metaphorical extension ‘stretch to’ became ‘direct one’s attention to’, which was the original meaning of the verb in Old French atendre and subsequently in English. The sense ‘take care of’ developed in the 15th century, ‘be present’ much later, in the 17th century. The noun derivative attention [14] comes from Latin attentiō. Tend meaning ‘look after’ comes mainly from attend, but also partly from intend, in both cases with loss of the first syllable. => contain, maintain, obtain, tendon, thin, tone
attend (v.)
c. 1300, "to direct one's mind or energies," from Old French atendre (12c., Modern French attendre) "to expect, wait for, pay attention," and directly from Latin attendere "give heed to," literally "to stretch toward," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + tendere "stretch" (see tenet). The notion is of "stretching" one's mind toward something. Sense of "take care of, wait upon" is from early 14c. Meaning "to pay attention" is early 15c.; that of "to be in attendance" is mid-15c. Related: Attended; attending.
例文
1. Representatives from across the horse industry will attend the meeting.
競馬業界全体の代表が参加する。
2.Syria will attend only if the negotiations deal with issues of substance.
交渉に重大な問題がある場合にのみシリアが参加する。
3.All three are Chelsea fans，and attend all home games together.
3人はチェルシーのファンで、すべてのホーム試合を一緒に観戦した。
4.The president suggested that a UN observer should attend the conference.
大統領は国連にオブザーバーを派遣することを提案した。
5.The Syrians have not yet accepted an invitation to attend .