tende

tende

1. Obsolete form of tend.
   • c. 1522 (date written), Thomas More, “A Treatyce (Vnfynyshed) vppon These Wordes of Holye Scrypture, Memorare Nouissima, & Ineternum non Peccabis, Remember the Last Thynges, and Thou shalt Neuer Synne. […]”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, book I, page 80, column 1:

     Now if ye felt your belly in ſuche caſe, that ye muſt be fayne al daye to tende it with warme clothes, oꝛ els ye were not able to abide the payne, would ye recken your belly ſicke oꝛ whole? I wene ye would recken your belly not in good quart.

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃d

tende

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of tendre

• étend

• tede

tende

1. second-person plural imperative of ter

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛn.de/
• Rhymes: -ɛnde
• Hyphenation: tèn‧de

tende f

1. plural of tenda

tende

1. third-person singular present indicative of tendere

• Dente, dente

tende

1. second-person singular present active imperative of tendō

From French attendre (“to wait”), compare Haitian Creole tann.

tende

1. to wait

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

tende

1. Alternative form of tenthe

tende

1. Alternative form of tenthe

From Portuguese entender and Spanish entender in the meaning of "to understand".

tende

1. to hear

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛŋde/

tende

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Latin tenēte

tende

1. second-person plural imperative of ter

tende

1. inflection of tender:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

See mtende.

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tende (n class, plural tende)

1. date (fruit)

• mtende (“date palm”)

tende

1. locative singular of ten