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Webster 1913 Edition

Obtend

Ob-tend′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Obtended
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Obtending
.]
[L.
obtendere
,
obtentum
, to stretch or place before or against;
ob
(see
Ob-
) +
tendere
to stretch.]
1.
To oppose; to hold out in opposition.
[Obs.]
Dryden.
2.
To offer as the reason of anything; to pretend.
[Obs.]
Dryden

Webster 1828 Edition

Obtend

OBTEND'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. obtendo; ob and tendo; literally, to stretch against or before.]
1.
To oppose; to hold out in opposition.
2.
To pretend; to offer as the reason of any thing. [Not used. This word is rarely used.]

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