Pro-tĕnd′, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. PROTENDED; p. pr. & vb. n. PROTENDING.] [Lat. protendere, protensum, from pro, before, forward, forth, and tendere, to stretch.] To hold out; to stretch forth. [Obs.] With his protended lance he makes defense. Dryden. They, in a martial exercise employed, Heed not the monarch, or his gaudy train, But poise the spear, protended, as in fight. Glover.