obtend

verb /ɒbˈtɛnd/

1. To oppose; to hold out in opposition.

   obsolete

   Secondly, Whereas he so importunately obtends the style of the letter, as so demonstratively characteristicall of the Au∣thor the truth is that heretofore I have been somewhat conversant in the books and wri∣tings of this Author

2. To offer as the reason for something; to pretend.

   obsolete

   We rendred another reason (which we have the cleare testimony of our consciences for, was the true reason why we left them out) and that which you obtend no reason at all) yet as though you did communicate with God, in his incommunicable excellency

Where it comes from

From Latin obtendere, obtentum (“to stretch or place before or against”), from ob (see ob-) + tendere (“to stretch”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry obtend (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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