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PRETENSE, n. pretens'. [L. proetensus, proetendo.]

1. A holding out or offering to others something false or feigned; a presenting to others, either in words or actions, a false or hypocritical appearance, usually with a view to conceal what is real, and thus to deceive. Under pretense of giving liberty to nations, the prince conquered and enslaved them. Under pretense of patriotism, ambitious men serve their own selfish purposes.

Let not Trojans, with a feigned pretense

Of proffer'd peace, delude the Latian prince.

It is sometimes preceded by on; as on pretense of revenging Caesar's death.

2. Assumption; claim to notice.

Never was any thing of this pretense more ingeniously imparted.

3. Claim, true or false.

Primogeniture cannot have any pretense to a right of solely inheriting property or power.

4. Something held out to terrify or for other purpose; as a pretense of danger.
1913 Definition
Pretense (pretense)
n. (?)
Pre*tense"
[LL. praetensus, for L. praetentus, p. p. of praetendere. See Pretend, and cf. Tension.]
  1. The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension.
    Spenser.

    Primogeniture can not have any pretense to a right of solely inheriting property or power. Locke.

    I went to Lambeth with Sir R. Brown's pretense to the wardenship of Merton College, Oxford. Evelyn.

  2. The act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Cæsar's death.
  3. That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint.

    Let not the Trojans, with a feigned pretense
    Of proffered peace, delude the Latian prince.
    Dryden.

  4. Intention; design.
    [Obs.]

    A very pretense and purpose of unkindness. Shak.

    * See the Note under Offense.

    Syn. -- Mask; appearance; color; show; pretext; excuse. -- Pretense, Pretext. A pretense is something held out as real when it is not so, thus falsifying the truth. A pretext is something woven up in order to cover or conceal one's true motives, feelings, or reasons. Pretext is often, but not always, used in a bad sense.


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