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tendered

tendered is the simple past and past participle of tender.

Meaning of tender

Verb (1)

tender (third-person singular simple present tenders, present participle tendering, simple past and past participle tendered)

  1. (archaic) To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
    • To such as are wealthy, live plenteously, at ease, […] these viands are to be forborne, if they be inclined to, or suspect melancholy, as they tender their healths […]., vol.I, New York, 2001, p.233
  2. (archaic) To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly or with consideration.
    • The angrie king hath banished me the court:
      And therefore as thou louest and tendrest me,
      Be thou my aduocate vnto these peeres.1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC...

Verb (2)

tender (third-person singular simple present tenders, present participle tendering, simple past and past participle tendered)

  1. To work on a tender.
    • Meantime, I'll dig up what I can, but if they start fishing again, I start tendering.1998, Dana Stabenow, Killing Grounds, →ISBN, page 103

Verb (3)

tender (third-person singular simple present tenders, present participle tendering, simple past and past participle tendered)

  1. (formal) To offer, to give.
    • to tender one’s resignation
  2. To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions; to bid.

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Words formed from tendered

Questions about tendered

What is tendered the simple past and past participle of?
Tendered is the simple past and past participle of tender.

Words near tendered in the dictionary

  1. tender-minded
  2. tender-mindedly
  3. tender-mindedness
  4. tenderability
  5. tenderable
  6. tendered
  7. tenderee
  8. tenderees
  9. tenderer
  10. tenderer-hearted
  11. tenderers

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