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Webster 1913 Edition
Tender
1.
One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.
2.
(Naut.)
A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like.
3.
A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water.
Ten′der
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tendered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tendering
.] 1.
(Law)
To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture;
as, to
. tender
the amount of rent or debt2.
To offer in words; to present for acceptance.
You see how all conditions, how all minds, . . .
Their services to Lord Timon.
tender
downTheir services to Lord Timon.
Shakespeare
Ten′der
,Noun.
1.
(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 nonpayment or nonperformance;
as, the
. tender
of rent due, or of the amount of a note, with interest☞ To constitute a legal tender, such money must be offered as the law prescribes. 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.
2.
Any offer or proposal made for acceptance;
as, a
tender
of a loan, of service, or of friendship; a tender
of a bid for a contract.A free, unlimited
tender
of the gospel. South.
3.
The thing offered; especially, money offered in payment of an obligation.
Shak.
Legal tender
. See under
– Legal
. Tender of issue
(Law)
, a form of words in a pleading, by which a party offers to refer the question raised upon it to the appropriate mode of decision.
Burrill.
Ten′der
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Tenderer
; sup
erl.
Tenderest
.] 1.
Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate;
as,
. tender
plants; tender
flesh; tender
fruit2.
Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
Our bodies are not naturally more
tender
than our faces. L’Estrange.
3.
Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate.
The
tender
and delicate woman among you. Deut. xxviii. 56.
4.
Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's good; easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor; sympathetic.
The Lord is very pitiful, and of
tender
mercy. James v. 11.
I am choleric by my nature, and
tender
by my temper. Fuller.
5.
Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
I love Valentine,
Whose life's as
Whose life's as
tender
to me as my soul! Shakespeare
6.
Careful to save inviolate, or not to injure; – with of.
“Tender of property.” Burke.
The civil authority should be
tender
of the honor of God and religion. Tillotson.
7.
Unwilling to cause pain; gentle; mild.
You, that are thus so
Will never do him good.
tender
o'er his follies,Will never do him good.
Shakespeare
8.
Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic;
as,
. tender
expressions; tender
expostulations; a tender
strain9.
Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate;
“Things that are tender and unpleasing.” as, a
. tender
subjectBacon.
10.
(Naut.)
Heeling over too easily when under sail; – said of a vessel.
☞
Tender
is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as,
. tender
-footed, tender
-looking, tender
-minded, tender
-mouthed, and the like
Syn. – Delicate; effeminate; soft; sensitive; compassionate; kind; humane; merciful; pitiful.
Ten′der
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
tendre
.] Regard; care; kind concern.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Ten′der
,Verb.
T.
To have a care of; to be tender toward; hence, to regard; to esteem; to value.
[Obs.]
For first, next after life, he
tendered
her good. Spenser.
Tender
yourself more dearly. Shakespeare
To see a prince in want would move a miser's charity. Our western princes
tendered
his case, which they counted might be their own. Fuller.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tender
TEND'ER
,Noun.
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
,Verb.
T.
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.