pretendernoun詞源 1/pɹɪˈtɛndəɹ/

• 1

  obsoleterareOne who intends or purposes.

  • Pretensor, a pretender, he that purposeth.
  • Pretendente, a pretendent, a pretender, an intender, a meaner.
• 2

  One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.

  • By how straight a Rule […] must that Pretender carry himselfe, who is to saile thorow the sea of this world, hoping for a fortune from another mans hand?
  • […]; to consider the direct purposes of God against his enemies, rather than the sinister supplantations of pretenders to places in court; […]
• 3

  obsoleteOne who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.

  • He, of the two pretenders, that best loves me.
  • An Earles daughter, […] whose mother not allowing him to come as a pretender shee made apointmentt with him and mett him att her cousin’s howse.
• 4

  One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.

  • If inteſtine Broils allarm the Hive, / (For two Pretenders oft for Empire ſtrive)
  • I Think it necessary to acquaint you, that I have received Advices this Morning from Ostend, that the French Fleet sailed from Dunkirk, Tuesday at three in the Morning, Northward, with the Pretender on board; as also, that Sir George Byng had notice of it the same Day at ten: And he being very much superior to the Enemy both in Number and Strength, I make no question, but, by God’s Blessing, he will soon be able to give a good Account of them.
• 5

  One who pretends or lays claim to something; one who makes a profession, show, or assertion, especially without adequate grounds, falsely, or with intent to deceive; a dissembler, deceiver, charlatan, hypocrite.

  • A pretender / To the art, I truely honor, and ſubſcribe / To your maieſties opinion.
  • Make it a feast, and perfit your great injustice / In the surrendringe up this false pretender / To the correction of the law, […]
• 6

  A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.

pretenderverb詞源 2

• 1

  To tender (a bid, etc.) in advance.

  • The LPM coordinates closely with the EPM and the case attorney throughout the pretendering period. The Licensing Assistant (LA) in the assigned project branch requests that a project number be assigned by the Records Facilities[…]
  • Long-term delivery items were pretendered and purchased by the Government of the Northwest Territories in early 1975. Pretendered items included the polyethylene pipe and Victaulic couplings, a portable gasoline engine driven pump[…]