entender

present singular third person entenders · participle present entendering · participle past entendered · past entendered

1. obsoleteTo make tender.

   Entendered by distress, she easily yielded to the pensive manners of her companions and to the serene uniformity of a monastic life.

   1790, Ann Ward Radcliffe, chapter 8, in A Sicilian Romance, HTML edition

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   And fearing lest the torments he felt, might in some sort entender his wifes heart[…], he besought her to be pleased she might be caried into the next chamber, which was accordingly performed.

   1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 35, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

   For whatsoever creates fear , or makes the spirit to dwell in a religious sadness , is apt to entender the spirit , and make it devout and pliant to any part of dut

   1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC

2. transitiveTo treat with tenderness.

   th' entender'd heart

   1742–1745, [Edward Young], The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750, →OCLC