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.