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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Dipsas :: Dipsas (n.) A serpent whose bite was fabled to produce intense thirst.
Burning :: Burning (a.) Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal..
Saintism :: Saintism (n.) The character or quality of saints; also, hypocritical pretense of holiness..
Pretenseless :: Pretenseless (a.) Not having or making pretenses.
Picric :: Picric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a strong organic acid (called picric acid), intensely bitter..
Vivid :: Vivid (a.) True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as, vivid colors..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather..
Amplify :: Amplify (v. t.) To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc..
Blast :: Blast (n.) The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast..
Pretenceless :: Pretenceless (a.) See Pretense, Pretenseful, Pretenseless..
String :: String (v. t.) To make tense; to strengthen.
Burn :: Burn (n.) A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat..
Prurigo :: Prurigo (n.) A papular disease of the skin, of which intense itching is the chief symptom, the eruption scarcely differing from the healthy cuticle in color..
Anglophobia :: Anglophobia (n.) Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English..
Feint :: Feint (a.) That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
Edge :: Edge (v. t.) Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
Am :: Am () The first person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mode, present tense. See Be..
Intensely :: Intensely (adv.) Intently.
Quoth :: Quoth (v. t.) Said; spoke; uttered; -- used only in the first and third persons in the past tenses, and always followed by its nominative, the word or words said being the object; as, quoth I. quoth he..
Pretense :: Pretense (n.) Alt. of Pretenc.
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