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tendances

tendances is the plural of tendance.

Meaning of tendance

Noun

tendance (countable and uncountable, plural tendances)

  1. The act of attending to or looking after something; tending, attention.
    • And up they rose as vigorous as the Sun, / Or to the Culture of the willing Glebe, / Or to the cheerful Tendance of the Flock.a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC
  2. (archaic) attendance (The act of attending or waiting)
    • What but love, kindness, and all affection is her tendance upon poor Emily. To her, is she not all meekness, all love, all forbearance?1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XI, page 136
  3. (obsolete) People in attendance; attendants.
    • […] his lobbies fill with tendance, / Rain sacrificial whisperings in his ear,c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about tendances

What is tendances the plural of?
Tendances is the plural of tendance.

Words near tendances in the dictionary

  1. tend to one's own knitting
  2. Tenda
  3. Tendai
  4. tendamistat
  5. tendance
  6. tendances
  7. tendancies
  8. tendancy
  9. tenday
  10. tendays
  11. tende

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