tenden

== Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English tendan, from Proto-West Germanic *tandijan, from Proto-Germanic *tandijaną. The form tynd may either reflect an Old English *tyndan (from Proto-West Germanic *tundijan) or a hypercorrection modelled on forms such as kende (“kind”) that developed from Old English /ynd/. ==== Alternative forms ==== teende, teenden, tende tiende (Southern); tynd (West Midland) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtɛndən/, /ˈteːndən/ ==== Verb ==== tenden (third-person singular simple present tendeth, present participle tendynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative tende, past participle tend) (ambitransitive) To ignite; to light or set on fire. To raze or destroy with fire. To heat; to make hot with fire. To sustain or stoke fire. (figurative) To emotionally incite or inflame. (intransitive) To sustain a burning or warm sensation: To burn or blaze (of fire) (figurative, rare) To rage; to be angry. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: tend, teend, tende, tind, tine Middle Scots: *tend, *teind >? Scots: teind ===== References ===== “tē̆nden, v.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “tind, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Etymology 2 === An apheretic form of attenden or entenden. First attested in c. 1330. ==== Alternative forms ==== tend, tende tendy (Southern) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtɛndən/ ==== Verb ==== tenden (third-person singular simple present tendeth, present participle tendende, tendynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tended) (transitive) To intend; to plan on doing. (intransitive) To focus on or engage [with to ‘an activity or exercise’] To adhere or follow (directives or laws) To listen or follow (a person or belief) (intransitive) To attend or assist [with to ‘someone or something’] ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: tend Middle Scots: tend Scots: tend ===== References ===== “tenden, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “tend, v.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “tend, v.1”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC. === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Middle French tendre, from Old French tendre, from Latin tendere, from Proto-Italic *tendō. First attested in c. 1390. ==== Alternative forms ==== tende ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtɛndən/ ==== Verb ==== tenden (third-person singular simple present tendeth, present participle tendende, tendynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tended) (intransitive) To extend, reach, or stretch. To proceed or move; to go on a course. (rare) To strengthen or fortify. (figurative) To emotionally incite or inflame. (transitive, law) To tender (offer) a charge or rebuttal. (ambitransitive, rare, Early Scots) To tend; to lead to or incline towards. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: tend Middle Scots: tend ===== References ===== “tenden, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “tend, v.2”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “tend, v.2”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC. == Turkish == === Noun === tenden ablative singular of ten