TENSED

tensed

(adjective) having inflections to indicate tense

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

tensed

simple past tense and past participle of tense

Anagrams

• Stende, denets, endest, need'st, needst, nested, sedent, teends

Source: Wiktionary


TENSE

Tense, n. Etym: [OF. tens, properly, time, F. temps time, tense. See Temporal of time, and cf. Thing.] (Gram.)

Definition: One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time.

Note: The primary simple tenses are three: those which express time past, present, and future; but these admit of modifications, which differ in different languages.

Tense, a. Etym: [L. tensus, p.p. of tendere to stretch. See Tend to move, and cf. Toise.]

Definition: Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber. The temples were sunk, her forehead was tense, and a fatal paleness was upon her. Goldsmith.

– Tense"ly, adv.

– Tense"ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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