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preˈtensiveness rare. [f. as prec. + -ness.] † a. Pretension (obs.). b. Pretentiousness.1710 C. Shadwell Fair Quaker of Deal iii. 35 What Pretensiveness have you to it, Sirrah? 1876 W. M. Taylor Ministry of Word 56 Guilty of the same pretensiveness.
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pretensive, a. rare. (prɪˈtɛnsɪv) Also 7 -cive. [f. late L. prætens-, ppl. stem (see pretensary) + -ive.] 1. Characterized by being asserted or pretended to be true; professed; feigned.1640 H. Parker Case of Ship Money 17 If danger..be far distant..though it bee certaine, and not pretensive, yet Par...
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