Definition of Pretexted

1. Verb. (past of pretext) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pretexted

1. pretext [v] - See also: pretext

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pretexted

preterperfect
preterperfects
preterpluperfect
preterpluperfects
preterrestrial
pretertiary
pretest
pretested
pretesting
pretests
pretex
pretexed
pretexes
pretexing
pretext
pretexted (current term)
pretexting
pretexts
pretextual
pretextuality
pretextually
pretexture
pretextures
prethe
pretheater
pretheatre
pretheoretical
pretheoretically
prethermalized
prethrombotic

Literary usage of Pretexted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1908)
"pretexted by the Meteorological Office. North Atlantic. US Hydrographie Office. Pilot chart of the North Atlantic Ocean, March, 1908. ..."

2. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order with Copious Illustrations by George Crabb (1887)
"if the thing pretexted or ... be received any letter from the king, till the very minate he pretexted U to the ..."

3. A Catalogue of the Manuscripts, Books, Roman and Other Antiquities Belonging (1839)
"(pretexted by the tame.) 3.—A Sculpture of the figure of a Roman Soldier with his bow ... (pretexted to the Society by the Rev. Henry Wattal, of Newbrough, ..."

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