Both Uses of
pretense
in
King Lear
- I dare pawn down my life for him that he hath writ this to feel my affection to your honour, and to no other pretence of danger.†
Scene 1.2 *
- Thou but rememberest me of mine own conception: I have perceived a most faint neglect of late; which I have rather blamed as mine own jealous curiosity than as a very pretence and purpose of unkindness: I will look further into't.†
Scene 1.4
Definition:
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(pretense) a false appearance or action to help one pretendeditor's notes: This is sometimes seen in the expression "false pretense" or "false pretenses" which is just emphasizing that behavior or actions do not reflect the true situation.