pretended

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He spoke no more; but hasten'd, void of fear, And threaten'd with his long protended spear.

From The Aeneid English by Virgil

In Kirby and Spence's Entomology, vol. ii. p. 224., they mention "the terrific and protended jaws of the stag-beetle of Europe, the Lucanus Cervus of Linnæus."

From Notes and Queries, Number 61, December 28, 1850 by Various

Elinor listened, seated in a rocking-chair, restlessly clapping her protended ankles together.

From The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage by Shaw, Bernard

The troops of Tigranes advanced in close array with long protended spears; the inhabitants of Lebanon were more lightly armed, and, with invincible courage, endeavoured to break the formidable battalion of their enemies.

From The History of Sandford and Merton by Day, Thomas

Cadmus back A step recedes, and on his lion's hide The shock sustains;—then with protended spear Checks his approaching jaws.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.