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tendering

 

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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tender  \Ten"der\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tendered};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Tendering}.]  [F.  tendre  to  stretch,  stretch  out  reach, 
  L.  tendere.  See  {Tend}  to  move.] 
  1.  (Law)  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.




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