† tencion Obs.
(ˈtɛnʃən)
Also -chon, -cyon.
[ad. OF. ten{cced}on, tenchon, tenson (12th c.) a contest, a quarrel = Pr. tenso, It. tenzone, ad. L. tensiōn-em, f. tend-ĕre to stretch, strive, contend.]
A contention, dispute, quarrel.
| 1471 Caxton Recuyell (Sommer) 521 A grete strif or tenchon [F. une ten{cced}on et debat] that is fallen betwene them. 1474 ― Chesse iii. vi. (1883) 129 Hit happeth ofte tymes that ther cometh of glotonye tencyons stryfs ryottes [etc.]. c 1477 ― Jason 8 That the wyn had surmounted hem in wordes and tencions. |