Pretentative

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pretentative \Pre*ten"ta*tive\, a. [Pref. pre- + tentative: cf.
     L. praetentare to try beforehand.]
     Fitted for trial beforehand; experimental. [R.] --Sir H.
     Wotton.
     [1913 Webster]