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PRETENTATIVE
Pre*ten"ta*tive, a. Etym: [Pref. pre- + tentative: cf. L. praetentare to try beforehand.]
Definition: Fitted for trial beforehand; experimental. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BREAK
(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
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