Definitions For Obtend

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 , obtentum, , to stretch or place before or against, from ob (see ) + tendere, , to stretch.

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Is Obtend a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO

Scrabble US NO

Scrabble UK YES

English International (SOWPODS) YES

Scrabble Global YES

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9

Words with Friends

11

The word Obtend is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends

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