prætenses

English

Noun

prætenses

  1. plural of prætense
    • 17th Century, The Seuen Dayes Of The Weeke, in Miscellanea Antiqua Anglicana (T. Bensley and Son), volume I, page 41:
      (I hope these hard words doe not fright your senses
      I sweare tis not our meaninge, gratious vmpeere,
      To ravish you with showe of bad prætenses)

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