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Definition of Tenser
1. tense [adj] - See also: tense
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenser
Literary usage of Tenser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Grammar School Speller: Containing Rules for Spelling, with Numerous by William W. Smith (1871)
"Sour wine or cider. SALTPETER (salt-pe'-ter), n. Niter; nitrate of potash.
CONDUCTOR (kon-duk'-tur), n. A leader; a guide. SUBTENSE (sub-tenser), n. ..."
2. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1921)
"From the first opening moments The Skin Game is a much tenser play than any other
Mr. ... tenser, because it launches us straight into personal conflict. ..."
3. Shakspere as a Playwright by Brander Matthews (1913)
"... thus confirming what the Ghost had told Hamlet, the interest of the plot
steadily becomes tenser and tenser. The sequence of ingenious situations would ..."
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