单词 | pretense |
释义 | ▪ I. † preˈtense, a. Obs. Also 5 pretence. [ad. late L. prætens-us (in Quicherat Addenda) for cl. L. prætent-us, pa. pple. of prætendĕre to stretch forth, pretend.] Pretended, alleged, professed; feigned; dissembling, fictitious.
1396–7in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1907) XXII. 302 Manslaute be batayle or pretense lawe of rythwysnesse, for temporal cause or spirituel, with outen special reuelaciun, is expres contrarious to þe newe testament. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 165 A double hert withe fayre feyned countenaunce, And a pretence face trouble in his daliaunce. 1461Rolls of Parlt. V. 465/1 In a pretence Parlement..holden at Coventree. 1496Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) ii. 22 Ther is naturell or kyndely lordshyppe. Ther is also cyuyle or seculer lordshyp. And ther is lordshyp pretense. ▪ II. pretense, n. and v. variant of pretence. |

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