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English
Etymology
From tense + -en.
Verb
tensen (third-person singular simple present tensens, present participle tensening, simple past and past participle tensened)
- (intransitive) To become tense or more tense.
2013, Megan Bond, Devil's Kiss, page 62:At first he was shocked and his body tensened then he put an arm around me “well duh,” he joked and even though I was mad at him I laughed at his joke.
2015, Olga Hoekstra, Angel's Blood:A small muscle in Gabriel's jaw tensened. He turned away his face.
2019, Lawrence Lariar, Win, Place, and Die!:I realized, suddenly, that I had been tensening with a steady, burning frustration.
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Spanish
Verb
tensen
- inflection of tensar:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative