Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TENDER
tender
(adjective) (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition; “tender green shoots”
affectionate, fond, lovesome, tender
(adjective) having or displaying warmth or affection; “affectionate children”; “a fond embrace”; “fond of his nephew”; “a tender glance”
tender
(adjective) young and immature; “at a tender age”
sensitive, sore, raw, tender
(adjective) hurting; “the tender spot on his jaw”
crank, cranky, tender, tippy
(adjective) (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
tender
(adjective) easy to cut or chew; “tender beef”
tender, untoughened
(adjective) physically untoughened; “tender feet”
tender
(adjective) given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; “a tender heart”; “a tender smile”; “tender loving care”; “tender memories”; “a tender mother”
tender, supply ship
(noun) ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
tender, ship's boat, pinnace, cutter
(noun) a boat for communication between ship and shore
tender
(noun) car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
bid, tender
(noun) a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
attendant, attender, tender
(noun) someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
tender, legal tender, stamp
(noun) something that can be used as an official medium of payment
tender, tenderize, tenderise
(verb) make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer; “tenderize meat”
tender
(verb) make a tender of; in legal settlements
tender
(verb) offer or present for acceptance
offer, bid, tender
(verb) propose a payment; “The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
tender (comparative tenderer, superlative tenderest)
Sensitive or painful to the touch.
Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
(of food) Soft and easily chewed.
Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
Fond, loving, gentle, sweet.
Young and inexperienced.
Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
(nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
(obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
(obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.
Synonyms
• (soft, yielding, delicate): nesh
• See also affectionate
Noun
tender (countable and uncountable, plural tenders)
(obsolete) Care, kind concern, regard.
The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
Etymology 2
Adverb
tender (comparative more tender, superlative most tender)
tenderly
Etymology 3
Verb
tender (third-person singular simple present tenders, present participle tendering, simple past and past participle tendered)
(now rare) To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
(archaic) To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly or with consideration.
Etymology 4
Noun
tender (plural tenders)
(obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.
(rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
(nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
(nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
Synonyms
• (smaller boat): dinghy
Verb
tender (third-person singular simple present tenders, present participle tendering, simple past and past participle tendered)
To work on a tender.
Etymology 5
Noun
tender (plural tenders)
Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
(legal) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
Verb
tender (third-person singular simple present tenders, present participle tendering, simple past and past participle tendered)
(formal) To offer, to give.
to offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.
Synonyms
• offer
Anagrams
• enter'd, entred, rented, tendre
Source: Wiktionary
Tend"er, n. Etym: [From Tend to attend. Cf. Attender.]
1. One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: 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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tendered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tendering.] Etym: [F. tendre to stretch, stretch out, reach, L. tendere. See Tend to move.]
1. (Law)
Definition: 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 debt.
2. To offer in words; to present for acceptance. You see how all conditions, how all minds, . . . tender down Their services to Lord Timon. Shak.
Ten"der, n.
1. (Law)
Definition: 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.
Note: 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, a. [Compar. Tenderer; superl. Tenderest.] Etym: [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.
2. 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 tender to me as my soul! Shak.
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 tender o'er his follies, Will never do him good. Shak.
8. Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as, tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain.
9. Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate; as, a tender subject. "Things that are tender and unpleasing." Bacon.
10. (Naut.)
Definition: Heeling over too easily when under sail; -- said of a vessel.
Note: 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, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tendre.]
Definition: Regard; care; kind concern. [Obs.] Shak.
Ten"der, v. t.
Definition: 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. Shak. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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