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entender

verb/ɪnˈtɛndə(ɹ)/

What It Means

To make tender.

To treat with tenderness.

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Entender in Context

“Entendered by distress, she easily yielded to the pensive manners of her companions and to the serene uniformity of a monastic life.”

— 1790, Ann Ward Radcliffe, chapter 8, in A Sicilian Romance, HTML edition

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From en- + tender. Doublet of intenerate.

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