Sentence:  In 1825 , the Boston house carpenters ' strike for a ten-hour day was denounced by the organized employers , who declared : `` It is considered that all combinations by any classes of citizens intended to effect the value of labor <WSD>tend</WSD> to convert all its branches into monopolies '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined