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English word pretend comes from Latin tendo, Latin prae- (Before; in front. In charge.)

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tendo (Latin)

I pitch (a tent).. I proceed.. I stretch, stretch out, distend, extend.. I strive for; I reach for.

prae- (Latin)

Before; in front. In charge.

praetendere (Latin)

pretendre (Old French)

To claim.

pretendre (Middle French)

To claim.

pretendre (Anglo-Norman)

pretend (English)

Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned. (transitive, obsolete) To hold before one; to extend.. (transitive, obsolete) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.. (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.. To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of [...]

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