pretendence

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Noun

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pretendence (countable and uncountable, plural pretendences)

  1. (obsolete) The act of pretending; pretense.
    • 1603, Samuel Daniel, A Panegyrick Congratulatory to the King's Most Excellent Majesty:
      God and men doe scorne
      Their proiects, censures, vaine pretendences

References

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“pretendence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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