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2 dictionary results for: Intenerating
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in·ten·er·ate       [in-ten-uh-reyt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.
to make soft or tender; soften.
[Origin: 1585–95; in-2 + L tener tender1 + -ate1]

—Related forms
in·ten·er·a·tion, noun
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in·ten·er·ate       (ĭn-těn'ə-rāt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   in·ten·er·at·ed, in·ten·er·at·ing, in·ten·er·ates
To make tender; soften.


[in-2 + Latin tener, tender; see tender1 + -ate1.]

in·ten'er·a'tion n.
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