ob-tendō dī, tus, ere, to spread before, stretch over: Pro viro nebulam, V.: obtentā nocte, i. e. in dark night, V.: Britannia Germaniae obtenditur, lies over against, Ta.

—To plead as an excuse: matris preces obtendens, Ta.

—Fig., to hide, conceal, envelop: quasi velis quibusdam obtenditur uniuscuiusque natura.

—To make a cover for: curis luxum, Ta.