Dictionary entry

Tender (6)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ten″der, v. t. To have a care of; to be tender toward; hence, to regard; to esteem; to value.

For first, next after life, he tendered her good. Spenser.

Tender yourself more dearly. Shak.

To see a prince in want would move a miser's charity. Our western princes tendered his case, which they counted might be their own. Fuller.