Tendance
Tend″ance (?), n. [See Tend to attend, and cf. Attendance.] 1. The act of attending or waiting; attendance. Spenser.The breathOf her sweet tendance hovering over him. Tennyson.2...
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Tendence
Tend″ence (?), n. Tendency.
Tendency
Tend″en‐cy (?), n.; pl.Tendencies (#). [L. tendents, -entis, p. pr. of tendere: cf. F. tendance. See Tend to move.] Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or resu...
Tender
Tend″er (?), n. [From Tend to attend. Cf. Attender.] 1. One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.2. (Naut.) A vessel employed to attend other vessels, t...
Tender (2)
Ten″der (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tendered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tendering.] [F. tendre to stretch, stretch out, reach, L. tendere. See Tend to move.] 1. (Law) To offer in payment o...
Tender (3)
Ten″der, n. 1. (Law) An offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture, which would be incurred by nonpayment or n...
Tender (4)
Ten″der, a. [Compar.Tenderer (?); superl.Tenderest.] [F. tendre, L. tener; probably akin to tenuis thin. See Thin.] 1. Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or...
Tender (5)
Ten″der (?), n. [Cf. F. tendre.] Regard; care; kind concern. Shak.
Tender (6)
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 dearl...
Tender-hearted
Ten″der–heart′ed (?), a. Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence; affectionate; pitying; sensitive. — Ten″der–heart′ed‐ly, adv. — Ten″der–heart′ed‐ness...
Tender-hefted
Ten″der–heft′ed (?), a. Having great tenderness; easily moved. Shak.
Tenderfoot
Ten″der‐foot′ (?), n. A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of pioneer life.
Tenderfoot (2)
Ten″der‐foot′, n. See Boy scout.
Tenderling
Ten″der‐ling (?), n. 1. One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling. W. Harrison (1586).2. (Zoöl.) One of the first antlers of a deer.
Tenderloin
Ten″der‐loin′ (?), n. A strip of tender flesh on either side of the vertebral column under the short ribs, in the hind quarter of beef and pork. It consists of the psoas muscles.
Tenderloin (2)
Ten″der‐loin′ (?), n. 1. A strip of tender flesh on either side of the vertebral column under the short ribs, in beef or pork. It consists of the psoas muscles.2. In New York Ci...
Tenderly
Ten″der‐ly, adv. In a tender manner; with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain; with pity or affection; kindly. Chaucer.
Tenderness
Ten″der‐ness, n. The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective).Syn. — Benignity; humanity; sensibility; benevolence; kindness; pity; clemency; mildness; m...
Tendinous
Ten″di‐nous (?), a. [Cf. F. tendineux.] 1. Pertaining to a tendon; of the nature of tendon.2. Full of tendons; sinewy; as, nervous and tendinous parts of the body.
Tendment
Tend″ment (?), n. Attendance; care.
Tendon
Ten″don (?), n. [F., fr. L. tendere to stretch, extend. See Tend to move.] (Anat.) A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with so...
Tendonous
Ten″don‐ous (?), a. Tendinous.
Tendosynovitis
‖Ten′do‐syn′o‐vi″tis (?), n. [NL. See Tendon, and Synovitis.] See Tenosynovitis.
Tendrac
Ten″drac (?), n. [See Tenrec.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small insectivores of the family Centetidæ, belonging to Ericulus, Echinope, and related genera, native of M...
Tendre
‖Ten″dre (?), n. Tender feeling or fondness; affection.You poor friendless creatures are always having some foolish tendre. Thackeray.
Tendresse
Ten‐dresse″ (?), n. Tender feeling; fondness.
Tendril
Ten″dril (?), n. [Shortened fr. OF. tendrillon, fr. F. tendre tender; hence, properly, the tender branch or spring of a plant: cf. F. tendrille. See Tender, a., and cf. Tendron....