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Definition: Obtending
Obtend
\Ob*tend"\, v. 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.
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2. To offer as the reason of anything; to pretend. [Obs.]
--Dryden
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