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tentered

tentered is the simple past and past participle of tenter.

Meaning of tenter

Verb

tenter (third-person singular simple present tenters, present participle tentering, simple past and past participle tentered)

  1. (transitive) To stretch cloth on such a framework.
  2. (intransitive) To admit extension; to be stretchable.
    • Woollen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...

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Questions about tentered

What is tentered the simple past and past participle of?
Tentered is the simple past and past participle of tenter.

Words near tentered in the dictionary

  1. tenter-post
  2. tenter-posts
  3. tenterbellies
  4. tenterbelly
  5. Tenterden
  6. tentered
  7. tenterer
  8. tenterers
  9. tenterfield
  10. Tenterfield whistle
  11. Tenterfield whistles

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