tenderer
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Tender \
Ten "
der \,
a . [
Compar . {
Tenderer };
superl . {
Tenderest }.]
[
F .
tendre ,
L .
tener ;
probably akin to tenuis thin .
See {
Thin }.]
1 .
Easily impressed ,
broken ,
bruised ,
or injured ;
not firm or hard ;
delicate ;
as ,
tender plants ;
tender flesh ;
tender fruit .
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2 .
Sensible to impression and pain ;
easily pained .
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Our bodies are not naturally more tender than our faces . --
L '
Estrange .
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3 .
Physically weak ;
not hardly or able to endure hardship ;
immature ;
effeminate .
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The tender and delicate woman among you . --
Deut .
xxviii .
56 .
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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 .
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The Lord is very pitiful ,
and of tender mercy .
--
James v .
11 .
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I am choleric by my nature ,
and tender by my temper .
--
Fuller .
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5 .
Exciting kind concern ;
dear ;
precious .
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I love Valentine ,
Whose life '
s as tender to me as my soul ! --
Shak .
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6 .
Careful to save inviolate ,
or not to injure ; --
with of .
"
Tender of property ." --
Burke .
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The civil authority should be tender of the honor of God and religion . --
Tillotson .
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7 .
Unwilling to cause pain ;
gentle ;
mild .
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You ,
that are thus so tender o '
er his follies ,
Will never do him good . --
Shak .
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8 .
Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy ;
expressive of the softer passions ;
pathetic ;
as ,
tender expressions ;
tender expostulations ;
a tender strain .
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9 .
Apt to give pain ;
causing grief or pain ;
delicate ;
as ,
a tender subject . "
Things that are tender and unpleasing ."
--
Bacon .
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10 . (
Naut .)
Heeling over too easily when under sail ; --
said of a vessel .
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Note :
Tender is sometimes used in the formation of self -
explaining compounds ;
as ,
tender -
footed ,
tender -
looking ,
tender -
minded ,
tender -
mouthed ,
and the like .
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Syn :
Delicate ;
effeminate ;
soft ;
sensitive ;
compassionate ;
kind ;
humane ;
merciful ;
pitiful .
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