pretentative
adjEtymology From pre- + tentative: compare Latin praetentare to try beforehand.
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Fitted for trial beforehand; experimental.
- c. 1620, Henry Wotton, a letter This is but an exploratory, and pretentative purpose between us
adj
Etymology From pre- + tentative: compare Latin praetentare to try beforehand.
Fitted for trial beforehand; experimental.
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