TENACIOUSLY
TENA'CIOUSLY, adverb With a disposition to hold fast what is possessed.1. Adhesively.2. Obstinately; with firm adherence.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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TENACIOUSNESS
TENA'CIOUSNESS, noun The quality of holding fast; unwillingness to quit, resign or let go; as a man's tenaciousness of his rights or opinions.2. Adhesiveness; stickiness; as the...
TENACITY
TENAC'ITY, noun [Latin tenacitas, from teneo, to hold.]1. Adhesiveness; that quality of bodies which makes them stick or adhere to others; glutinousness; stickiness; as the tena...
TENACY
TEN'ACY, noun Tenaciousness. [Not in use.]
TENAIL
TENA'IL, noun [Latin teneo, to hold.] In fortification, an outwork consisting of two parallel sides with front, in which is a re-entering angle. It is simple or double.
TENAILLON
TEN'AILLON, noun In fortification, tenaillons are works constructed on each side of the ravelins, like the lunets, but differing in this, that one of the faces of the tenaillon ...
TENANCY
TEN'ANCY, noun [Latin tenens.] In law, a holding or possession of lands or tenements; tenure; as tenancy in fee simple; tenancy in tail; tenancy by the curtesy; tenancy at will....
TENANT
TEN'ANT, noun [Latin teneo; Gr. to strain, stretch, extend.]1. A person holding land or other real estate under another, either by grant, lease or at will; one who has the occup...
TENANTABLE
TEN'ANTABLE, adjective Fit to be rented; in a state of repair suitable for a tenant.
TENANTED
TEN'ANTED, participle passive Held by a tenant.
TENANTING
TEN'ANTING, participle present tense Holding as a tenant.
TENANTLESS
TEN'ANTLESS, adjective Having no tenant; unoccupied; as a tenantless mansion.
TENANTRY
TEN'ANTRY, noun The body of tenants; as the tenantry of a manor or a kingdom.1. Tenancy. [Not in use.]
TENCH
TENCH, noun [Latin tinca.] A fish of the genus Cyprinus, found in ponds and rivers.
TEND
TEND, verb transitive [contracted from attend, Latin attendo; ad and tendo, to stretch.]1. To watch; to guard; to accompany as an assistant or protector.And flaming ministers to...
TENDANCE
TEND'ANCE, noun Attendance; state of expectation.1. Persons attending.2. Act of waiting; attendance.3. Care; act of tending.[This word is entirely obsolete in all its senses. We...
TENDED
TEND'ED, participle passive Attended; taken care of; nursed; as an infant, or a sick person.
TENDENCY
TEND'ENCY, noun [from tend; Latin tendens, tending.] Drift; direction or course towards any place, object, effect or result. Read such books only as have a good moral tendency M...
TENDER
TEND'ER, noun [from tend.] One that attends or takes care of; a nurse.1. A small vessel employed to attend a larger one for supplying her with provisions and other stores, or to...
TENDER-HEARTED
TEN'DER-HE'ARTED, adjective [tender and heart.]1. Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence.--When Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not wi...
TENDER-HEARTEDNESS
TENDER-HE'ARTEDNESS, noun Susceptibility of the softer passions.
TENDERED
TEND'ERED, participle passive Offered for acceptance.
TENDERING
TEND'ERING, participle present tense Offering for acceptance.
TENDERLING
TEN'DERLING, noun A fondling; one made tender by too much kindness.1. The first horns of a deer.
TENDERLOIN
TEN'DERLOIN, noun A tender part of flesh in the hind quarter of beef.
TENDERLY
TEN'DERLY, adverb With tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain.Brutus tenderly reproves.1. Kindly; with pity or affection.
TENDERNESS
TEN'DERNESS, noun The state of being tender or easily broken, bruised or injured; softness; brittleness; as the tenderness of a thread; the tenderness of flesh.1. The state of b...