- (n.) The act of pretending or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title.
- (n.) A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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