'Protending' definitions:
Definition of 'Protending'
From: GCIDE
- Protend \Pro*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protended; p. pr. & vb. n. Protending.] [L. protendere, protensum; pro before, forth + tendere to stretch.] To hold out; to stretch forth. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- With his protended lance he makes defence. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]