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Meaning Of Tense
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.
a.
Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax;
as, a tense fiber.