prætext

Swedish

Noun

prætext c

  1. Archaic form of pretext.
    • 1705 September 6, Robert Petre (the younger), edited by August Quennerstedt, Robert Petrés dagbok ifrån år 1702 till slaget vid Pultava (diary), published 1901, page 83:
      […] om deri skulle finnas något gewehr och amunition, som war emoth accord, men under prætext der af togz bårt, wad dem anstod och blänkte för deras ögon, […]
      […] if there should be any rifle and ammunition therein, who were against accord, but under the pretext of which was taken away, what suited them and shone before their eyes, […]
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