tensible

English

Etymology

From tense +‎ -ible?

Adjective

tensible (comparative more tensible, superlative most tensible)

1. Capable of being extended or drawn out; ductile; tensile.
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     Gold […] is likewise the most flexible and tensible.

Anagrams

• be silent, stilbene