prætenses

English

Noun

prætenses

1. plural of prætense
   • 17th Century, The Seuen Dayes Of The Weeke, in Miscellanea Antiqua Anglicana (T. Bensley and Son), volume I, page 41:

     (I hope these hard words doe not fright your senses

     I sweare tis not our meaninge, gratious vmpeere,

     To ravish you with showe of bad prætenses)

Anagrams

• sea serpent