Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

      They say the tongues of dying men Enforce attention like
      deep harmony.                               --Shak.

   Note: Attention is consciousness and something more. It is
         consciousness voluntarily applied, under its law of
         limitations, to some determinate object; it is
         consciousness concentrated. --Sir W. Hamilton.

   2. An act of civility or courtesy; care for the comfort and
      pleasure of others; as, attentions paid to a stranger.

   {To pay attention to}, {To pay one's attentions to}, to be
      courteous or attentive to; to wait upon as a lover; to
      court.

   Syn: Care; heed; study; consideration; application;
        advertence; respect; regard.