"prætend" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: prætends [present, singular, third-person], prætending [participle, present], prætended [participle, past], prætended [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} prætend (third-person singular simple present prætends, present participle prætending, simple past and past participle prætended)
  1. Obsolete spelling of pretend. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: pretend
    Sense id: en-prætend-en-verb-b6ijA~Lt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for prætend meaning in English (1.1kB)

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