† tidderv.1
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To be productive or prolific.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (intransitive)]
teemOE
tidderOE
breedc1200
felefolda1300
fructifya1325
creasec1380
multiplyc1390
engendera1400
fawn1481
procreate1576
propagate1601
generate1605
spawn1607
pullulate1618
populate1625
reproduce1650
prolify1660
OE Genesis 1512 Tymað nu and tiedrað, tires brucað, mid gefean fryðo.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 18307 Þa þeȝȝre time wass all gan. To tiddrenn & to tæmenn.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 177 Þenne men michel tuderið..and here tuder swiðe wexeð.
2. transitive. To produce (offspring), to engender.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (transitive)]
kenc825
begeteOE
strenec893
raisec1175
breeda1250
kenec1275
felefolda1300
engendera1325
tiddera1325
multiplyc1350
genderc1384
producea1513
procreatea1525
propagate1535
generate1552
product1577
kind1596
traduce1599
pullulate1602
traduct1604
progenerate1611
store1611
spawna1616
spawna1617
reproduce1650
propage1695
to make a baby1911
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 630 Of hem ben tudered manigon.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
† tidderv.2
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Tidder, v.a. (from Tid), to use tenderly; to fondle. (But there is app. some error here: no trace of such a vb. has been found elsewhere: cf. [see tid adj.]. )
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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