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† ˈtendable, a. Obs.
[f. tend v.1 + -able: cf. suitable.]
Ready to give attention; attentive.
c1450[implied in tendably]. 1509Hawes Joyf. Medit. xxvii, Vnto our souerayne be meke and tendable. 1530Palsgr. 327/1 Tendable, as one that dothe wayte well..ententif. 1533More Debell. Salem Wks. 943/2 Good sad honeste vertuous wydowes, that wolde be tendable & tender to sicke folke. 1547Boorde Brev. of Health Pref. 5 Let euery person be tendable aboute theym [physicians] and do as they shall commaunde them. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. ii. 180 Wherein shee is very tendable, and handy.
So † ˈtendably adv., attentively, with care.
c1450in Aungier Syon (1840) 312 Eche of them schal enforme suche as be assygned to them..charitably and tendably. |