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Definition of Protense
1. n. Extension.
Definition of Protense
1. Noun. (defn English) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Protense
1. time extension [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protense
Literary usage of Protense
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"prostrate, one who is prostrate as a suppliant or a vanquished foe, Otway, Don
Carlos, i. 1. protense, extension, a story long drawn out. Spenser, FQ iii. ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"protense, *. Extension, drawing out. The reading of the first edition in the
following passage, and probably right. See Todd. Recount from hence My glorious ..."
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