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Webster 1913 Edition

Protend

Pro-tend′

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Protended

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Protending

.]

[L.

protendere

,

protensum

;

pro

before, forth +

tendere

to stretch.]

To hold out; to stretch forth.

[Obs.]

With his

protended

lance he makes defence.

Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Protend

PROTEND'

,

Verb.

T.

[L.protendo; pro and tendo, to stretch.]

To hold out; to stretch forth.

With his protended lance he makes defense.