An assertion of a right, title, etc.; the putting forth of a claim; a claim. Now rare.
| 单词 | θ178634 |
| 释义 | society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > claiming as due or right (25) pretence1425 An assertion of a right, title, etc.; the putting forth of a claim; a claim. Now rare. pretension1585 The assertion of a claim as of right; a claim made; a demand. Chiefly in plural. vindicating1624 asserting1644 The action of laying claim to, maintaining, or declaring; assertion. (Now mostly gerundial.) pretensiveness1710 A claim or title to something; = pretension, n.1 4b. Obsolete. Subcategories:— claim or a demand for something as due (9) — one who (3) — for return of something (4) — to merit, worth, etc. (3) — insistence upon a claim (1) |
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