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Tentered

Tenter \Ten"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tentered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tentering.] To admit extension.

Woolen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely.
--Bacon.

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tentered

vb. (en-past of: tenter)