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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tennis \Ten"nis\, noun [OE. tennes, tenies, tenyse; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. F. tenez hold or take it, fr. tenir to hold (see {Tenable}).] A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand. --Shak.
His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis, . . . were familiar to all London. --Macaulay.
{Court tennis}, the old game of tennis as played within walled courts of peculiar construction; -- distinguished from {lawn tennis}.
{Lawn tennis}. See under {Lawn}, noun
{Tennis court}, a place or court for playing the game of tennis. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tennis \Ten"nis\, verb (used with an object) To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis. [R.] --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tennis
noun: a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court [syn: {lawn tennis}]
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