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Not concrete. [R.] L. Andrews.

Not discrete or separated; compact; homogenous. An indiscrete mass of confused matter. Pownall.

on who translates orally between two parties. We think most men's actions to be the interpreters of their thoughts. Locke.

Want of retaining power; forgetfulness. De Quincey.

Not retentive; as, an irretentive memory.

One who interprets erroneously.

Combined with a relatively large amount of carbon.

mpregnated, or combined, with phosphorus. [Obsoles.] [Written also phosphuretted.] Phosphureted hydrogen. (Chem.) See Phosphine.

Situated in front of the temporal bone.

See Pretense, Pretenseful, Pretenseless.

a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim. Chiefs shall be grudged the part which they pretend. Dryden.

A pretender; a claimant.

Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend. -- Pre*tend"ed*ly, adv.

The act of pretending; pretense. [Obs.] Daniel.

The pretender (Eng. Hist.), the son or the grandson of James II., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great Britain, from which the house was excluded by law. It is the shallow, unimproved intellects that are the confident pretenders to certainty. Glanvill.

The character, right, or claim of a pretender. Swift.

As by right or title; arrogantly; presumptuously. Collier.

The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension. Spenser. Primogeniture can not have any pretense to a right of solely inheriting property or power. Locke. I went to Lambeth with Sir R. Brown's pretense to the wardenship of Merton College, Oxford. Evelyn.

Pretended; feigned. [Obs.] -- Pre*tens"ed*ly, adv. [Obs.]

Abounding in pretenses.