_tender_
Verb.
Pronunciation
and accent: tɛndə(r).
Etymology: from French tender (= offer, hold
out), and, this one, from Latin tendĕre (= to
stretch, hold forth; tender).
Third-person
singular simple present: tenders.
Preterite tense: tendered.
Preterite participle: tendered.
Present participle: tendering.
It is dated from
the beginning of 1500.
1. a. To put forward or offer (a statement, a plea, etc.) in formal terms, for
notice or acceptance. b. To hold out (something held in the hand) to someone
for acceptance. Particularly, to make a tender of; to offer (money,
etc.) in satisfaction of an obligation.
Synonyms: to proffer, offer.
Translation: tender, in Spanish; presentare, in Italian; présenter, in French.
[…] he tendered him a copy of his journal
written by himself, reserving the original notes.
John Pinkerton… Voyages and travels… 1808
[…] when her purchases were completed, and she tendered a note to pay for them, the
man who had served her, and who had scribbled the amount on a scrap of paper,
said, "If you'll walk backwards and show this at the desk, they'll hand
you the difference."
Catherine Crowe… Susan Hopley 1842
Confused, degraded, yet gratified and relieved, Mrs Belmour wept her
thanks, but protested that she should insist on the Colonel's receiving back
the sum which he had so kindly advanced, by instalments; and instantly she tendered him a small sum,
which he, from policy, accepted.
Amelia Opie… Simple tales 1843
[…] he tendered to Mr. Scruby for
his approval the four slips of paper which have been mentioned.
Anthony Trollope… Can you forgive her? 1864
“I am very sorry that my
daughter should have been the cause of your losing your train," he began.
Derrick tendered his card.
Anna Steele… Broken toys 1879
She tendered him her hand,
which he pressed rapturously to his lips.
George Reynolds… The Mysteries of London 1844
I ascended the stairs, and tendered my ticket to a
gentleman who stood behind a greenbaize table on the first landing.
Frederick Robinson… The house of Elmore 1855
2. To present verbally (a
formality) to someone, for acceptance.
Synonyms: to
proffer, address, offer, advance.
[…] they tendered him the oath.
The Lady's Magazine, vol. 38 1807
To
the following gentlemen, the author of this work tenders his acknowledgments.
Benjamin Silliman… Elements of chemistry 1830
It is now well known that Sir Charles Napier has tendered the resignation of his command
in India, but it is not known why.
The Indian News 1850
Allamistakeo had certain scruples of conscience, the nature of which I
did not distinctly learn; but he expressed himself satisfied with the apologies
tendered.
Edgar Poe
[…] he marched directly into the presence of his bride, and, booted and
spurred as he was, he frankly tendered her a salute.
Agnes Strickland… the Queens of Scotland 1860
He tendered his allegiance to
Edward III.
Mary Yonge… Cameos… 1868
English words
derived from Latin tendĕre: attend, attendance, attendant, attendantly, attended,
attendedness, attendee, attender, attending, attent, attention, attentional,
attentive, attentively, attentiveness, attently, unattended, unattending,
unattention, unattempted, unattempting, attempt, attemptability, attemptable,
attempted, attempter, attempting, attemptless, inattention, inattentive,
inattentively, inattentiveness, contended, contender, contending, contendingly,
contendress, contend, detent, distend, distending, distended, distendedly,
distender, distensibility, distensible, distensile, distension, distensive,
distent, extend, extending, extended, extendedness, extendedly, extender,
extendibility, extendible, extensibility, extensible, extensibleness,
extensile, extension, extensional, extensionality, extensionally,
extensionless, extensity, extensive, extensively, extensiveness, extensor,
extensory, extent, intendance, intendancy, intendant, intendantship, intended,
intendedness, intendedly, intendence, intender, intendingly, intendment,
intend, unintended, unintendedly, unintentional, unintentionality,
unintentionally, unintentioned, intensate, intensation, intensative, intense,
intensely, intenseness, intensification, intensifier, intensify, intensified,
intensifying, intension, intensional, intensionality, intensionally,
intensitive, intensity, intensive, intensively, intensiveness, intent,
intention, intentional, intentionality, intentionally, intentioned,
intentionless, intently, intentness, ostensible, ostend, ostensibility, ostensibly,
ostension, ostensive, ostensively, ostensiveness, ostentation, ostentatious,
ostentatiously, ostentatiousness, unostensible, unostentatious, unostentatiousness,
unostentatiously, portend, portender, portent, portentious, portentiously,
portentous, portentously, pretend, pretence, pretense, pretenced, pretensed,
pretencedly, pretensedly, pretenceful, pretenceless, pretendable, pretendant,
pretendent, pretended, pretendedly, pretender, predentership, pretending,
pretendingly, pretension, pretensionless, pretensive, pretensively,
pretensiveness, pretentious, pretentiously, pretentiousness, unpretended,
unpretending, unpretendingly, unpretendingness, unpretentious, unpretentiously,
unpretentiousness, protend, protended, protending, protension, protensity,
protensive, protensively, subtend, subtended, subtending, subtense, tend,
tending, tendance, tendant, tended, tendence, tendency, tendent, tendential,
tendentious, tendentiously, tendentiousness, tender, tense (strained to
stiffness), tense (verb), tensing, tensed, tensely, tenseness, tensible,
tensibility, tensify, tensile, tension, tensity, tensive, tensor, tent,
tentorium.
