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Definition of Protends
1. protend [v] - See also: protend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protends
Literary usage of Protends
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated by John Colin Dunlop (1842)
"He usually declares that he heard it told in company, mentions the name of the
teller, details the conversation by which it was introduced, and protends to ..."
2. A Rational Refutation of the Hindu Philosophical Systems by Nehemiah Nilakantha Gore, Nīlakaṇṭha, Fitzedward Hall (1862)
"22 Italicize " to Brahma." P. 224, 1. 7. Strike out " but," note, 1. 3. read "
diverse." P. 231. 1. 16. For " betakes" read "protends." P. 235, 1. 5. ..."
3. ... Gephyrea: indsamlede paa den Norske Nordhavs-expedition ved D. C by Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, Johan Koren (1881)
"G. d, protends from thence horizontally back to the anterior third of the ...
Here it makes a slight twist, protends horizontally along the right side about ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... and systems blending into systems; and protends it into the illimitable times
of their periodical movements —•to its commencement and continuance. ..."
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