n. One who chastens. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who enlightens or illuminates; one who, or that which, communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, makes fast or firm. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, fattens; that which gives fatness or fertility. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. One who, or that which, heartens, animates, or stirs up. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Written also hightener. ] One who, or that which, heightens. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. That which heightens. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Fear intenerates the heart. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
So have I seen the little purls of a stream . . . intenerate the stubborn pavement. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Made tender or soft; softened. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act or process of intenerating, or the state of being intenerated; softening. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who listens; a hearkener. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, moistens. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, shortens. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, softens. [ Written also, less properly, softner. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. One who, or that which, straightens. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, sweetens; one who palliates; that which moderates acrimony. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. tener, -eris, tender, delicate. ] (Zool.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a condition assumed by the imago of certain Neuroptera, after exclusion from the pupa. In this state the insect is soft, and has not fully attained its mature coloring. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A white wine resembling Madeira in taste, but more tart, produced in Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands; -- called also
n. [ L. teneritas. See Tender, a. ] Tenderness. [ Obs. ] Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who threatens. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. That which tightens; specifically (Mach.), a tightening pulley. [ 1913 Webster ]
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