Attain' (Fr. v. attaindre, to reach); attain'able; conta'gion, communication of disease by contact or touch; contam'inate, to defile, to infect; contig'uous; contin'gent.
TEMPUS. (See [page 48.])
198. TEN'DERE: ten'do, ten'sum or ten'tum, to stretch.
tend: tend, to aim at, take care of; tend'ency; attend' (-ance, -ant); contend'; distend'; extend'; intend' (literally, to stretch to), to purpose, to design; portend' (literally, to stretch forward), to presage, to betoken; pretend' (literally, to stretch forth), to affect, feel; subtend', to extend under; superintend' (-ence, -ent).
tens: tense (adj.), stretched; ten'sion; intense' (-ify); osten'sible (Lat. v. osten'dere, to stretch out or spread before one), apparent; pretense'.
tent: tent, literally, a shelter of stretched canvas; tentac'ula, the feelers of certain animals; atten'tion; atten'tive; conten'tion; conten'tious; extent'; intent' (-ion); ostenta'tion; ostenta'tious; por'tent, an ill omen.
199. TENE'RE: ten'eo, ten'tum, to hold; French Tenir (radical tain), to hold.
ten: ten'able; ten'ant, one who holds property under another; ten'antry; ten'ement; ten'et (Lat. tenet, literally, "he holds"), a doctrine held as true; ten'ure.
tin (in compos.): ab'stinent; ab'stinence; continent; incon'tinent; per'tinent; imper'tinent.
tent: content' (-ment); contents'; discontent'; deten'tion; reten'tion; reten'tive; sus'tenance.