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entenders

entenders is the third-person singular simple present indicative of entender.

Meaning of entender

Verb

entender (third-person singular simple present entenders, present participle entendering, simple past and past participle entendered)

  1. (obsolete) 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
  2. (transitive) 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 entenders

What is entenders the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Entenders is the third-person singular simple present indicative of entender.

Words near entenders in the dictionary

  1. entend
  2. entended
  3. entender
  4. entendered
  5. entendering
  6. entenders
  7. entending
  8. entendre
  9. entendres
  10. entends
  11. Entenmann

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