a. Obs. Also 4–5 entendaunt. [a. Fr. entendant, pr. pple. of entendre to hear, attend to.] a. Attentive (to). b. In attendance. = ATTENDANT a. 1 and 2.

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  α.  [1292.  Britton, I. ii. § 18. Et voloms qe nos viscountes et nos baillifs soint entendauntz a eux et a lour maundementz.]

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c. 1340.  Cursor M., 2542. Bad alle til him entendaunt be.

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1387.  Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), III. 425. And but þou be entendaunt … to myn commaundements … I schal sende men þat schal scourge þe.

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1389.  Eng. Gilds, 93. And if ye deen be comaundeed for to be entendaunt hem for to helpen.

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1393.  Gower, Conf., III. 365. Jewes eke and Sarazines, To him I sigh all entendaunt.

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1480.  Caxton, Chron. Eng., II. (1520), 15 b/1. The Kynge of Fraunce … commaunded that al men sholde be as entendant to Kynge Leyr … as it were unto hymselfe.

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