PRETENSIONED
Etymology
Adjective
pretensioned (not comparable)
tensioned prior to some other operation
Source: Wiktionary
PRETENSION
Pre*ten"sion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. prétention. See Pretend, Tension.]
1. The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right
or title.
The arrogant pretensions of Glengarry contributed to protract the
discussion. Macaulay.
2. A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a
holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as,
pretensions to scholarship.
This was but an invention and pretension given out by the Spaniards.
Bacon.
Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor their
pretensions. L'Estrange.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition