transitive verb
Etymology: Latin obtendere to stretch before, draw out, pretend, from ob- to, toward + tendere to stretch — more at ob- , tend
1. obsolete : to offer as a reason : pretend
2. obsolete : oppose
transitive verb
Etymology: Latin obtendere to stretch before, draw out, pretend, from ob- to, toward + tendere to stretch — more at ob- , tend
1. obsolete : to offer as a reason : pretend
2. obsolete : oppose
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012