tender a fool

tender a fool
   obsolete
   to give birth to an illegitimate child
   To tender is to attend or wait upon, whence to offer or present. So spoke the punning Polonius to Ophelia:
    Tender yourself more dearly;
   Or — not to crack the wind of the poor phrase,
   Running it thus — you'll tender me a fool. (Shakespeare, Hamlet)

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