tendment

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

tend +‎ -ment

Noun[edit]

tendment (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) attendance; care
    • c. 1600, John Ayliffe, Satires:
      Meanwhile if chance some desp'rate patient die / [] / Whether ill-tendment, or recureless pain, / Procure his death []