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tenderise

tenderise is the alternative spelling of tenderize.

Meaning of tenderize

Verb

tenderize (third-person singular simple present tenderizes, present participle tenderizing, simple past and past participle tenderized)

  1. (transitive) To make (something, especially meat) tender.

Forms of tenderise

third-person singular presenttenderises
present participletenderising
past participletenderised
pasttenderised

Origin of tenderise

From tender + -ise.

Questions about tenderise

What is tenderise the alternative spelling of?
Tenderise is the alternative spelling of tenderize.

Words near tenderise in the dictionary

  1. tenderheartednesses
  2. tendering
  3. tenderings
  4. tenderisation
  5. tenderisations
  6. tenderise
  7. tenderised
  8. tenderiser
  9. tenderisers
  10. tenderises
  11. tenderish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tenderise (page history and authors); tenderize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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