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tender

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. tender (verb)
  2. tender (verb)

3tender

verb
ten·deredten·der·ing\-d(ə-)riŋ\

Definition of TENDER

transitive verb
1
: to make tender : soften, weaken
2
archaic : to regard or treat with tenderness
intransitive verb
: to become tender

First Known Use of TENDER

14th century

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