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TEND'ER, n. [from tend.] One that attends or takes care of; a nurse. 1. A small vessel employed to attend a larger one for supplying her with provisions and other stores, or to convey intelligence and the like.2. In law, an offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture which would be incurred by non-payment or non-performance; as the tender of rent due, or of the amount of a note or bond with interest. To constitute a legal tender, such money must be offered as the law prescribes; the offer of bank notes is not a legal tender. So also the tender must be at the time and place where the rent or debt ought to be paid, and it must be to the full amount due. There is also a tender of issue in pleadings, a tender of an oath, &c.3. Any offer for acceptance. The gentleman made me a tender of his services.4. The thing offered. This money is not a legal tender.5. Regard; kind concern. [Not in use.]TEND'ER, v.t. [L. tendo.] 1. To offer in words; or to exhibit or present for acceptance. All conditions, all minds tender down Their service to lord Timon.2. To hold; to esteem. Tender yourself more dearly. [Not in use.]3. To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, for saving a penalty or forfeiture; as, to tender the amount of rent or debt. |
TEN'DER-HE`ARTED, a. [tender and heart.] 1. Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence. --When Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them. 2 Chron. 13.2. Very susceptible of the softer passions of love, pity or kindness. Be ye kind one to another, and tender-hearted. Eph.9. |
TENDER-HE`ARTEDNESS, n. Susceptibility of the softer passions. |
TEND'ERED, pp. Offered for acceptance. |
TEND'ERING, ppr. Offering for acceptance. |
TEN'DERLING, n. A fondling; one made tender by too much kindness. 1. The first horns of a deer. |
TEN'DERLOIN, n. A tender part of flesh in the hind quarter of beef. |
TEN'DERLY, adv. With tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain. Brutus tenderly reproves.1. Kindly; with pity or affection. |
TEN'DERNESS, n. The state of being tender or easily broken, bruised or injured; softness; brittleness; as the tenderness of a thread; the tenderness of flesh. 1. The state of being easily hurt; soreness; as the tenderness of flesh when bruised or inflamed.2. Susceptibility of the softer passions; sensibility. Well we know your tenderness of heart.3. Kind attention; anxiety for the good of another, or to save him from pain.4. Scrupulousness; caution; extreme care or concern not to give or to commit offense; as tenderness of conscience.5. Cautious care to preserve or not to injure; as a tenderness of reputation.6. Softness of expression; pathos. |
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