entendering
entendering is the present participle and gerund of entender.
Meaning of entender
Verb
entender (third-person singular simple present entenders, present participle entendering, simple past and past participle entendered)
- To make tender.
- And fearing lest the torments he felt, might in some sort entender his wifes heart[…], he besought her to be pleased she might be caried into the next chamber, which was accordingly performed.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 35, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
- To treat with tenderness.
- th' entender'd heart1742–1745, [Edward Young], The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750, →OCLC
Questions about entendering
- What is entendering the present participle and gerund of?
- Entendering is the present participle and gerund of entender.
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