Webster's Dictionary 1913

7831

Pretendant

Pre‐tend″ant (?), n. A pretender; a claimant.

7832

Pretended

Pre‐tend″ed, a. Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend. — Pre‐tend″ed‐ly, adv.

7833

Pretendence

Pre‐tend″ence (?), n. The act of pretending; pretense. Daniel.

7834

Pretender

Pre‐tend″er (?), n. 1. One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant. Specifically, The pretender(Eng. Hist.), the son or the grandson of James II., the heir...

7835

Pretendership

Pre‐tend″er‐ship, n. The character, right, or claim of a pretender. Swift.

7836

Pretendingly

Pre‐tend″ing‐ly, adv. As by right or title; arrogantly; presumptuously. Collier.

7837

Pretense

{ Pre‐tense″, Pre‐tence } (?), n. [LL. praetensus, for L. praetentus, p. p. of praetendere. See Pretend, and cf. Tension.] 1. The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption...

7838

Pretensed

Pre‐tensed″ (?), a. Pretended; feigned. — Pre‐tens″ed‐ly (#), adv.

7839

Pretenseful

Pre‐tense″ful (?), a. Abounding in pretenses.

7840

Pretenseless

Pre‐tense″less, a. Not having or making pretenses.

7841

Pretension

Pre‐ten″sion (?), n. [Cf. F. prétention. See Pretend, Tension.] 1. The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title.The arrogant pretensions of Glenga...

7842

Pretentative

Pre‐ten″ta‐tive (?), a. [Pref. pre- + tentative: cf. L. praetentare to try beforehand.] Fitted for trial beforehand; experimental. Sir H. Wotton.

7843

Pretentious

Pre‐ten″tious (?), a. [Cf. F. prétentieux. See Pretend.] Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming. — Pre‐ten″tious‐ly, adv. — Pre‐ten...

7844

Preter-

Pre″ter– (?). [L. praeter past, beyond, originally a compar. of prae before. See For, prep.] A prefix signifying past, by, beyond, more than; as, preter- mission, a permitting t...

7845

Preterhuman

Pre′ter‐hu″man (?), a. [Pref. preter- + human.] More than human.

7846

Preterient

Pre‐te″ri‐ent (?), a. [L. praeteriens, p. pr. See Preterit.] Passed through; antecedent; previous; as, preterient states.

7847

Preterimperfect

Pre′ter‐im‐per″fect (?), a. & n. [Pref. preter- + imperfect.] (Gram.) Old name of the tense also called imperfect.

7848

Preterist

Pret″er‐ist (?), n. [Pref. preter- + -ist.] 1. One whose chief interest is in the past; one who regards the past with most pleasure or favor.2. (Theol.) One who believes the pro...

7849

Preterit

Pret″er‐it (?; 277), a. [L. praeteritus, p. p. of praeterire to go or pass by; praeter beyond, by + ire to go: cf. F. prétérit. See Issue.] [Written also preterite and præterite...

7850

Preterit (2)

Pret″er‐it, n.(Gram.) The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense.

7851

Preterite

Pret″er‐ite (?), a. & n. Same as Preterit.

7852

Preteriteness

Pret″er‐ite‐ness, n. Same as Preteritness.

7853

Preterition

Pre′ter‐i″tion (?; 277), n. [L. praeteritio: cf. F. prétérition.] 1. The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past. Bp. Hall.2. (Rhet.) A figure by which, in preten...

7854

Preteritive

Pre‐ter″i‐tive (?), a.(Gram.) Used only or chiefly in the preterit or past tenses, as certain verbs.

7855

Preteritness

Pret″er‐it‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being past. Bentley. Lowell.

7856

Preterlapsed

Pre′ter‐lapsed″ (?), a. [L. praeterlapsus, p. p. of praeterlabi to glide by. See Preter-, Lapse.] Past; as, preterlapsed ages. Glanvill.

7857

Preterlegal

Pre′ter‐le″gal (?), a. [Pref. preter- + legal.] Exceeding the limits of law.