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Tennis

Tĕn'nis, n.

noun

n. [Fr. tenez, hold or take it, from tenir, Lat. tenere, to hold.] A play in which a ball is driven continually, or kept in motion by striking it with rackets or with the open hand.

His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis, . . . were familiar to all London. Macaulay.

Two players stand on a tennis court, with a ball and bat shown in the foreground.
Tennis. Ball, Bat, and Court.

Tĕn'nis, v. t.

verbtransitive

To drive, as a ball in playing tennis. [Obs.] Spenser.