verb

• (law, Old English law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
• (followed by a to-infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning.
  "They tend to go out on Saturdays."
• (intransitive) To contribute to or toward some outcome.
  "The Lords in 1722 declared that annexing such Clauses tends to the destruction of this government. And yet there are such bills every session and you pass them."

verb

• (with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.)
  "We need to tend to the garden, which has become a mess."
• (obsolete) To await; to expect.
  "Had I not. Four or five women once that tended me?"
• (obsolete) 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."
• (transitive, nautical) To manage (an anchored vessel) when the tide turns, to prevent it from entangling the cable when swinging.

verb

• (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To kindle; ignite; set on fire; light; inflame; burn.