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tenseEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English tens, from Old French tens (modern French temps), from Latin tempus. Doublet of tempo and tempus.
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Borrowed from Latin tēnsus, one form of the past participle of tendō (“stretch”).
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1908- TenseEnglish · e-38700-4647
Tense, tens, n. time in grammar, the form of a verb to indicate the time of the action. [O. Fr. tens (Fr. temps)—L. tempus, time.]
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Tense, tens, adj. strained to stiffness: rigid.—adv. Tense′ly.—ns. Tense′ness, state of being tense; Tensibil′ity, Tensil′ity, quality of being tensile.—adjs. Ten′sible, Ten′sile, capable of being stretched.—ns. Ten′sion
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