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intenerate

American

[in-ten-uh-reyt] / ɪnˈtɛn əˌreɪt /

verb (used with object)

intenerated, intenerating

to make soft or tender; soften.

intenerate British

/ ɪnˈtɛnəˌreɪt /

verb

rare (tr) to soften or make tender

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Other Word Forms

inteneration noun

Etymology

Origin of intenerate

1585–95; in- ² + Latin tener tender ¹ + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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Thus she contrives to intenerate the granite and felspar, takes the boar out and puts the lamb in and keeps her balance true.

From Essays — First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The verb intenerate tried to turn out soften; and deturpate to take the place of defile.

From A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

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