pretender

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   One who intends or purposes.

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

   One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something

   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; […]
   • Every one is a pretender and a runner; but few carry the prize.
3. 3

   One who pretends or lays claim to something

   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, […]
   • But this pretence of Covenant with God, is so evident a lye, even in the pretenders own consciences, that it is not onely an act of an unjust, but also a vile, and unmanly disposition.
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   1. 4

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

   2. 5

      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[…]
      • The prime contractor is then required to incorporate this pretendered work into his project schedule. In a similar fashion, the owner may want direct control over special materials needed on his project.

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