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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROTEND

v.t.[L. protendo; pro and tendo, to stretch. ] To hold out; to stretch forth.
With his protended lance he makes defense.

 

PROTENDED

pp. Reached or stretched forth.

 

PROTENDING

ppr. Stretching forth.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROTEND

Pro *tend " v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protended; p. pr. & vb. n. Protending. ]Etym: [L. protendere, protensum; pro before, forth + tendere to stretch. ]

 

Defn: To hold out; to stretch forth. [Obs. ] With his protended lance he makes defence. Dryden.