prætend

English

Verb

prætend (third-person singular simple present prætends, present participle prætending, simple past and past participle prætended)

1. Obsolete spelling of pretend.
   • 1646, Oiluer Cromwell, featured in The Gentleman’s Magazine, Volume LIV, page 337:

     I ca’nott prætend to any I’tereſt in you for any thinge I have donn, nor aſke any fauor for any ſeruice I may doe you.

Anagrams

• parented, trepaned