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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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(Pretenc-,) Pretensit, -ed, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. and late ME pretensed (1425), pretensed, f. as Pretence n.] Alleged or claimed, but not admitted, to be so; falsely made out, feigned. = Pretendit ppl. adj. 1 and 2. — 1567 Hosack Mary Q. of Scots I 557.
The proces of divorce, intentit betwixt the said Erle Bothwell and Dame Jane Gordoun, now his pretensit spous 1570 Cal. Sc. P. III 117.
[That strangers have no] pretensed cullour [whereby to enter this isle]
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