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Webster 1913 Edition
Tenter
Ten′ter
,Noun.
1.
One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
2.
(Mach.)
A kind of governor.
Ten′ter
,Noun.
[OE.
tenture
, tentoure
, OF. tenture
a stretching, spreading, F. tenture
hangings, tapestry, from L. tendere
, tentum
, to stretch. See Tend
to move.] A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square.
Ten′ter
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tentered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tentering
.] To admit extension.
Woolen cloth will
tenter
, linen scarcely. Bacon.
Ten′ter
,Verb.
T.
To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tenter
TENT'ER
,Noun.
A hook for stretching cloth on a frame.
To be on the tenters, to be on the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness or suspense.
TENT'ER
,Verb.
T.
TENT'ER
,Verb.
I.
Woolen cloths will tenter.
Definition 2024
tenter
tenter
English
Noun
tenter (plural tenters)
- A framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.
- One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
- (engineering) A kind of governor, or regulating device.
Verb
tenter (third-person singular simple present tenters, present participle tentering, simple past and past participle tentered)
- (transitive) To stretch cloth on such a framework.
- (intransitive) To admit extension; to be stretchable.
- Francis Bacon
- Woollen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely.
- Francis Bacon
Derived terms
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Latin temptāre, present active infinitive of temptō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɑ̃.te/
Verb
tenter
Conjugation
Conjugation of tenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tenter | avoir tenté | |||||
| gerund | en tentant | en ayant tenté | |||||
| present participle | tentant /tɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | tenté /tɑ̃.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | tente /tɑ̃t/ |
tentes /tɑ̃t/ |
tente /tɑ̃t/ |
tentons /tɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
tentez /tɑ̃.te/ |
tentent /tɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | tentais /tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
tentais /tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
tentait /tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
tentions /tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
tentiez /tɑ̃.tje/ |
tentaient /tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
|
| past historic1 | tentai /tɑ̃.te/ |
tentas /tɑ̃.ta/ |
tenta /tɑ̃.ta/ |
tentâmes /tɑ̃.tam/ |
tentâtes /tɑ̃.tat/ |
tentèrent /tɑ̃.tɛʁ/ |
|
| future | tenterai /tɑ̃.tʁe/ |
tenteras /tɑ̃.tʁa/ |
tentera /tɑ̃.tʁa/ |
tenterons /tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
tenterez /tɑ̃.tʁe/ |
tenteront /tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
|
| conditional | tenterais /tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
tenterais /tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
tenterait /tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
tenterions /tɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tenteriez /tɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
tenteraient /tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | tente /tɑ̃t/ |
tentes /tɑ̃t/ |
tente /tɑ̃t/ |
tentions /tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
tentiez /tɑ̃.tje/ |
tentent /tɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect1 |
tentasse /tɑ̃.tas/ |
tentasses /tɑ̃.tas/ |
tentât /tɑ̃.ta/ |
tentassions /tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
tentassiez /tɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
tentassent /tɑ̃.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | tente /tɑ̃t/ |
— | tentons /tɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
tentez /tɑ̃.te/ |
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