pretextedadj.1
/priːˈtɛkstᵻd/, U.S. /priˈtɛkstəd/ rare before 19th cent.
Used as a pretext; pretended, false.
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the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > of motives or purposes: ostensible > put forward as a pretext
pretended1489
pretenced1535
pretexted1606
1606 J. Ford Honor Triumphant sig. D4 Such these are, who..import the pretexted glosse of beauties name.
1864 Realm 23 Mar. 2 What the real truth is with regard to the pretexted Holy Alliances and retrograde policy of the Austrian Government.
1880 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 54 He called most of them by their Christian names on some pretexted fiction of cousinship.
1922 R. Sabatini Capt. Blood (U.S. ed.) vi. 70 Peter went off to the apothecary for his pretexted drugs.
1995 N.Y. Law Jrnl. (Nexis) 22 May 25 The Court finds the officer's testimony highly incredible. This is clearly a case of a pretexted stop, based on a non-existing traffic violation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† pretextedadj.2
Obsolete. rare.
Bordered, edged. (In quot. 1647 with reference to the Roman praetexta.) Cf. pretext adj.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [adjective] > having an edge or border
bordered1509
brerded1535
rimmed1608
pretexted1647
labrous1656
labrose1727
marginated1727
selvaged1750
marginate1777
1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs viii. 154 Æmilius Lepidus..by decree of Senate had a statue in his pretexted purple and golden bulla's [or bubbles] set up in the capitol.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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