pretendership

[Eng. pretender; -ship.] The position, claim, or character of a pretender. prě-těnd-ing, pr. par. & a. [PRETEND.] prě-těnd-Ing-ly, adv. [Eng. pretending: -ly.] In a pretentious manner; arrogantly, presumptuously. "I have a particular reason to look a little pretendingly at present."- Collier : On Pride. *pre-tens, a . [PRETENCE.) Pretended, false. "The pretens bargayn that John Paston yn hys lyffe surmytted."- Paston Letters , ii. 323. prě-těnse', s. [PRETENCE.] prě-těnsed', a. [PRETENCED.] pre tensed-right or title, s. Eng. Law: The right or title to land set up by one who is out of po e ion against the person in po e ion. Pre tensed- title Statute : Eng. Law : The Act 32 Henry VIII., c. 19, § 2, regu lating the sale or purchase of pretended titles to land. prě-těns-ěd-ly, adv. [English pre tensed; -ly.] Pretendedly, hypocritically. "In case thou walke pretensedly." Drant: Horace; Ep . to Quintius.