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Protend

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pro‐tend″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Protended; p. pr. & vb. n.Protending.] [L. protendere, protensum; pro before, forth + tendere to stretch.] To hold out; to stretch forth.

With his protended lance he makes defence. Dryden.