Translation
to lay claim to, to claim as a right; to aspire to
Word origin
From Latin praetendere, to stretch something out in front, from prae ('before') and tendere ('to stretch'). English pretend went from putting a claim forward to putting on a false show; Esperanto kept the older, honest sense.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- praetendere
- English cognates
- pretend, pretension, pretender
Examples
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He lays claim to the right to the land.
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Two brothers laid claim to the same house.
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The young prince laid claim to the kingdom.
The false friend of the band, and an expensive one. means to claim something as yours by right, the way a pretendanto claims a throne. It does not mean to pretend: making believe is i, and putting on airs is afekti. English keeps the old sense too, in a pretender to the crown, which is the hook worth remembering.
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