prætend

Verb

 * 1) * 1646, Oiluer Cromwell, featured in The Gentleman’s Magazine, Volume LIV, page 337:
 * I ca’nott prætend to any I’tereſt in you for any thinge I have donn, nor aſke any fauor for any ſeruice I may doe you.
 * I ca’nott prætend to any I’tereſt in you for any thinge I have donn, nor aſke any fauor for any ſeruice I may doe you.