Definition of tense

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Tense (n.) One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time..

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Fulgurating :: Fulgurating (a.) Resembling lightning; -- used to describe intense lancinating pains accompanying locomotor ataxy.
Intend :: Intend (v. t.) To strain; to make tense.
Counterfeiter :: Counterfeiter (n.) One who assumes a false appearance or semblance; one who makes false pretenses.
Acute :: Acute (a.) Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure..
Straiten :: Straiten (v. t.) To make tense, or tight; to tighten..
Lax :: Lax (v. t.) Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber..
Pretenseless :: Pretenseless (a.) Not having or making pretenses.
Burn :: Burn (n.) A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat..
Blaze :: Blaze (n.) Intense, direct light accompanied with heat; as, to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun..
Absinthium :: Absinthium (n.) The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood..
Phleum :: Phleum (n.) A genus of grasses, including the timothy (Phleum pratense), which is highly valued for hay; cat's-tail grass..
Cimmerian :: Cimmerian (a.) Without any light; intensely dark.
Preterperfect :: Preterperfect (a. & n.) Old name of the tense also called preterit.
Counttenance :: Counttenance (n.) Superficial appearance; show; pretense.
Quassia :: Quassia (n.) The wood of several tropical American trees of the order Simarubeae, as Quassia amara, Picraena excelsa, and Simaruba amara. It is intensely bitter, and is used in medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer..
Pretendence :: Pretendence (n.) The act of pretending; pretense.
Extremity :: Extremity (n.) The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form.
Stalkless :: Stalking-horse (n.) Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask; a pretense.
Sham :: Sham (v. i.) To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.
Deepen :: Deepen (v. t.) To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom..
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