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Definition of Protend
1. v. t. To hold out; to stretch forth.
Definition of Protend
1. Verb. (obsolete) To hold out; to stretch forth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Protend
1. to extend [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: extend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protend
Literary usage of Protend
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"To send ministers to Europe who are supposed by the people of America to see for
themselves, while in effect they see, or protend to see, nothing but what ..."
2. A Descriptive Dictionary of British Malaya by Nicholas Belfield Dennys (1894)
"... would be neither an account of the parent country of the Malay nation, nor a
history of its migrations. protend to state the time or the cause of their ..."
3. Cooper's Works by James Fenimore Cooper, William Cullen Bryant (1855)
"without using a repelling politeness—*• surely, sir. the people of these mountains
will hardly protend thut their sports are those of a capital. ..."
4. A Memoir Explanatory of the Chart and Survey of the County of London-Derry by George Vaughan Sampson (1814)
"... and be able and capable to extend and protend itself within and through the
space and circuit of three thousand Irish paces, to be measured and limited ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by John Oswald, Joseph Thomas, James Lynd, John Miller Keagy (1868)
"Pretense, a holding out or offering to others something false or feigned.
t protend, to hold out, to stretch forth. $ Subtend, to extend under. ..."
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