OBTEND

Etymology

Verb

obtend (third-person singular simple present obtends, present participle obtending, simple past and past participle obtended)

(obsolete) To oppose; to hold out in opposition.

(obsolete) To offer as the reason for something; to pretend.

"'T was giv'n to you, your darling son to shroud,

To draw the dastard from the fighting crowd,

And, for a man, obtend an empty cloud."

Anagrams

• T-boned

Source: Wiktionary

Ob*tend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtended; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtending.] Etym: [L.obtendere, obtentum, to stretch or place before or against; ob (see Ob-) + tendere to stretch.]

1. To oppose; to hold out in opposition. [Obs.] Dryden.

2. To offer as the reason of anything; to pretend. [Obs.] Dryden

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition