pretender
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Is pretender a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete, rare) One who intends or purposes.Examples: "Pretensor, a pretender, he that purposeth."; "Pretendente, a pretendent, a pretender, an intender, a meaner."obsoleterare
2. One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.Examples: "He, of the two pretenders, that best loves me."; "An Earles daughter, […] whose mother not allowing him to come as a pretender shee made apointmentt with him and mett him att her cousin’s howse."; "It is not my design to dispose of Irene to the most noble, but most wealthy of the Pretenders to her Love."obsolete
verb (English)
1. (uncommon) To tender (a bid, etc.) in advance.Examples: "The LPM coordinates closely with the EPM and the case attorney throughout the pretendering period. The Licensing Assistant (LA) in the assigned project branch requests that a project number be assigned by the Records Facilities[…]"; "Long-term delivery items were pretendered and purchased by the Government of the Northwest Territories in early 1975. Pretendered items included the polyethylene pipe and Victaulic couplings, a portable gasoline engine driven pump[…]"; "The prime contractor is then required to incorporate this pretendered work into his project schedule. In a similar fashion, the owner may want direct control over special materials needed on his project."uncommon
Definition source: Wiktionary