\Tend\, v. t. [See {Tender} to offer.] (O. Eng. Law)
To make a tender of; to offer or tender. [Obs.]

\Tend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tended}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tending}.] [Aphetic form of attend. See {Attend}, {Tend} to
move, and cf. {Tender} one that tends or attends.]
1. To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the
   wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds
   tend their flocks. --Shak.
         And flaming ministers to watch and tend Their
         earthly charge.                       --Milton.
         There 's not a sparrow or a wren, There 's not a
         blade of autumn grain, Which the four seasons do not
         tend And tides of life and increase lend. --Emerson.
2. To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
         Being to descend A ladder much in height, I did not
         tend My way well down.                --Chapman.
{To tend a vessel} (Naut.), to manage an anchored vessel when
   the tide turns, so that in swinging she shall not entangle
   the cable.

\Tend\, v. i.
1. To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend;
   -- with on or upon.
         Was he not companion with the riotous knights That
         tend upon my father?                  --Shak.
2. [F. attendre.] To await; to expect. [Obs.] --Shak.

\Tend\, v. i. [F. tendre, L. tendere, tensum and tentum, to
stretch, extend, direct one's course, tend; akin to Gr. ? to
stretch, Skr. tan. See {Thin}, and cf. {Tend} to attend,
{Contend}, {Intense}, {Ostensible}, {Portent}, {Tempt},
{Tender} to offer, {Tense}, a.]
1. To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or
   towards.
         Two gentlemen tending towards that sight. --Sir H.
                                               Wotton.
         Thus will this latter, as the former world, Still
         tend from bad to worse.               --Milton.
         The clouds above me to the white Alps tend. --Byron.
2. 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.
         The thoughts of the diligent tend only to
         plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only
         to want.                              --Prov. xxi.
                                               5.
         The laws of our religion tend to the universal
         happiness of mankind.                 --Tillotson.