As a noun terms
is .
As a verb protends is
(protend).
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protends
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Verb
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(protend) protend
English
Verb
(
en verb)
(obsolete) To hold out; to stretch forth.
- With his protended lance he makes defence. — Dryden.
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Webster 1913)