Definitions
cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
Word origin
From Middle English tens, from Old French tens (modern French temps), from Latin tempus. Doublet of tempo and tempus.
Used in a sentence
“Dyirbal verbs are not inflected for tense.”
“English only has a past tense and a non-past tense; it has no future tense.”
“In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes[…]”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Nervous or tight”5 letters
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