Definitions For Obtend

Verb

{{en-verb}} (obsolete) To oppose; to hold out in opposition. : (Dryden) (obsolete) To offer as the reason for something; to pretend. "'T was giv'n to you, your darling son to shroud,
To draw the dastard from the fighting crowd,
And, for a man, obtend an empty cloud."Dryden, John, The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis. London: Jacob Tonson, 1697. Book X, line 124-126.

Etymology

From {{der, en, la, obtendere}}, obtentum, , to stretch or place before or against, from ob (see {{af, en, ob-}}) + tendere, , to stretch.

Anagrams

T-boned