Bible Dictionaries
Tense
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time.
(2):
(a.) Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tense'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/tense.html. 1828.