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pretentative

pretentative adjective: fitted for trial beforehand; experimental.

Adjective

pretentative (not comparable)

  1. Fitted for trial beforehand; experimental.
    • This is but an exploratory, and pretentative purpose between usc. 1620, Henry Wotton, a letter

Origin of pretentative

From pre- + tentative: compare Latin praetentare to try beforehand.

Questions about pretentative

What does pretentative mean?
Pretentative means fitted for trial beforehand; experimental.
What part of speech is pretentative?
Pretentative is an adjective.

Words near pretentative in the dictionary

  1. pretensionless
  2. pretensions
  3. pretensive
  4. pretensively
  5. pretensiveness
  6. pretentative
  7. pretention
  8. pretentions
  9. pretentiosity
  10. pretentious
  11. pretentiously

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