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tener

ADJECTIVE

having ten of something

Synonyms

STRONG

decimal

WEAK

decagonal decennial decuple denary tenfold

Example Sentences

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The English tender, the French tendre, the Latin tener are derived from it.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

The following however, are declined like tener: asper, rough; lacer, torn; līber, free; miser, wretched; prōsper, prosperous; compounds in -fer and -ger; sometimes dexter, right.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)