单词 |
attendment |
释义 |
† aˈttendment Obs. rare. [a. OF. atendement waiting, expectation, f. atendre to attend: see -ment. But in sense 1 prob. for entendement, which in early use embraced the sense of attendement also: cf. attend v. IV, and attent.] 1. Sense, meaning. (Cf. double entendre.)
1430Lydg. Chron. Troy iv. xxxiv, Therein was double attendement, He spake but one and yet he mente twayne. 2. A thing that attends, pl. surroundings.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 372 He passed his daies in tears, and the uncomfortable attendments of hell. |

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