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.)
1430. Lydg., Chron. Troy, IV. xxxiv. Therein was double attendement, He spake but one and yet he mente twayne.
2. A thing that attends, pl. surroundings.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., 372. He passed his daies in tears, and the uncomfortable attendments of hell.
