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To misunderstand; to disregard. [Obs.] Milton.

To aim amiss. [Obs.]

A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, which, without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of a plea of quilty.

A failure to attend; omission of attendance; nonappearance.

To offer as the reason of anything; to pretend. [Obs.] Dryden

To exhibit; to manifest. [Obs.] Mercy to mean offenders we'll ostend. J. Webster.

show; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of unpropitious signs. Bacon. Many signs portended a dark and stormy day. Macaulay.

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.

To hold out; to stretch forth. [Obs.] With his protended lance he makes defence. Dryden .

rs continually, ad infinitum: -- sometimes indicated by a dot over the first and last repetend is 283.

To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc.

e power of direction; to take care of with authority; to supervise; as, an officer superintends the building of a ship or the construction of a fort. The king may appoint a council, who may superintend the works of this nature. Bacon.

The act of superintending; care and oversight for the purpose of direction; supervision. Barrow.

The act of superintending; superintendence. Boyle.