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pretendences

pretendences is the plural of pretendence.

Meaning of pretendence

Noun

pretendence (countable and uncountable, plural pretendences)

  1. (obsolete) The act of pretending; pretense.
    • God and men doe scorne
      Their proiects, censures, vaine pretendences1603, Samuel Daniel, A Panegyrick Congratulatory to the King's Most Excellent Majesty

Questions about pretendences

What is pretendences the plural of?
Pretendences is the plural of pretendence.

Words near pretendences in the dictionary

  1. pretendant
  2. pretendants
  3. pretended
  4. pretendedly
  5. pretendence
  6. pretendences
  7. pretendent
  8. pretendents
  9. pretender
  10. pretendered
  11. pretendering

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