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Webster 1913 Edition
Obtend
Ob-tend′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Obtended
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Obtending
.] 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.
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.]Definition 2024
obtend
obtend
English
Verb
obtend (third-person singular simple present obtends, present participle obtending, simple past and past participle obtended)
- (obsolete) To oppose; to hold out in opposition.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- (obsolete) To offer as the reason for something; to pretend.
"'T was giv'n to you, your darling son to shroud,
To draw the dastard from the fighting crowd,
And, for a man, obtend an empty cloud."[1]
References
- ↑ Dryden, John, The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis. London: Jacob Tonson, 1697. Book X, line 124-126.