† entenderv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To make tender; to melt (the heart); to enervate; to weaken.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > make (more) sensitive or tender [verb (transitive)]
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > make (more) sensitive or tender [verb (transitive)] > specifically of the heart
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1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares f. 40 And my innocent bloud [would] so entender his adamant heart.
1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. iii. 257 The daintinesse of the ayre, and soile entendred their spirits.
1671 A. Woodhead in tr. Life St. Teresa Pref. 14 All which do much serve for intendring the heart.
1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 33 Virtue alone entenders us for Life: I wrong her much—entenders us for ever.
1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom I. vii. 38 Her heart was too much intendered to hold out..against all the forms of assault.
1761 Brit. Mag. Sept. 493/1 A social heart, entendered by the practice of virtue.
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