Obs. rare. [var. form of TEND v.2, perh. on analogy of TEND v.1 and TENT v.1]
1. trans. Law. To offer, proffer: = TEND v.2 5, TENDER v.1 1.
1459. Rolls of Parlt., V. 371/1. An enquest takyn aforne his Eschetour … the which Offices John Fastolf Knyght, and othir, tentid to traverse, and by that meane hadd the said Manere.
1512. Act 4 Hen. VIII., c. 18 § 24. All Traverses peticions monstrance de droit … to be tentyd or sued by eny persone or persones.
2. intr. To direct itself, be directed (to some end); = TEND v.2 2.
1551. Udall, etc., Erasm. Par. Mark xii. 184. This deceiptful propheme tented [ed. 1548 tended] to this end, that if he had geuen sentence for the phariseis, then should he haue bene accused of the Herodians for an authour of rebellion, or insurreccion agaynst the Emperour.
