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n. The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Equally extensive; having equal extent; as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive. Sir W. Hamilton. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ly, adv. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Extended; p. pr. & vb. n. Extending. ] [ L. extendere, extentum, extensum; ex out + tendere to stretch. See Trend. ] 1. To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street. [ 1913 Webster ]

Few extend their thoughts toward universal knowledge. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or a season of trial. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

His helpless hand extend. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors. G. P. Burnham. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Eng. Law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Extended letter (Typog.), a letter, or style of type, having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type of the same height. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This is extended type.

Syn. -- To increase; enlarge; expand; widen; diffuse. See Increase. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Displaced. Ogilvie. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an extended manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, extends or stretches anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Liable to be taken by a writ of extent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Unlimited extension. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An . . . extendlessness of excursions. Sir. M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. extensus, p. p. See Extend, v. t. ] Outreaching; expansive; extended, superficially or otherwise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men and gods are too extense;
Could you slacken and condense? Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being extensible; the capacity of being extended; as, the extensibility of a fiber, or of a plate of metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. extensible. See Extend. ] Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the opposite of contractible or compressible. “An extensible membrane” Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Extensibility. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. Suited for, or capable of, extension; extensible. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. extensio: cf. F. extension. See Extend, v. t. ] 1. The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physics) That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Logic & Metaph.) (a) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension. (b) the class or set of objects to which a term refers; -- contrasted with intension, the logical specification which defines members of a class, being the set of attributes which are necessary and sufficient to recognize an object as a member of the class. [ 1913 Webster ]

The law is that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The extension of [ the term ] plant is greater than that of geranium, because it includes more objects. Abp. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Surg.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Physiol.) The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Com.) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Counter extension. (Surg.) See under Counter. --
Extension table, a table so constructed as to be readily extended or contracted in length. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having great extent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who favors or advocates extension. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. extensivus: cf. F. extensif. See Extend. ] 1. Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Capable of being extended. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Silver beaters choose the finest coin, as that which is most extensive under the hammer. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent; diffusiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Extension + -meter. ] An instrument for measuring the extension of a body, especially for measuring the elongation of bars of iron, steel, or other material, when subjected to a tensile force. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., one who stretches. See Extend. ] (Anat.) A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Extension. [ R. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. extentus, p. p. of extendere. See Extend. ] Extended. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. extentus, fr. extendere. See Extend. ] 1. Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Life in its large extent is scare a span. Cotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Degree; measure; proportion. “The extent to which we can make ourselves what we wish to be.” Lubbock. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eng. Law) (a) A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment. (b) A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Extenuated p. pr. & vb. n. Extenuating ] [ L. extenuatus, p. p. of extenuare to make thin, loosen, weaken; ex out + tenuare to make thin, tenuis thin. See Tenuity. ] 1. To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness. [ 1913 Webster ]

His body behind the head becomes broad, from whence it is again extenuated all the way to the tail. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate. [ 1913 Webster ]

But fortune there extenuates the crime. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us extenuate, conceal, adorn the unpleasing reality. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To lower or degrade; to detract from. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Who can extenuate thee? Milton.

Syn. -- To palliate; to mitigate. See Palliate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. extenuatus, p. p. ] Thin; slender. [ Obs. ] Huloet. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. serving or tending to reduce the severity of guilt or blameworthiness; as, extenuating circumstances.
Syn. -- mitigating. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. extenuatio: cf. F. exténuation. ] The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

To listen . . . to every extenuation of what is evil. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who extenuates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. L. extenuatorius attenuating. ] Tending to extenuate or palliate. Croker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not extended. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not capable of being extended; not elastic; as, inextensible fibers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of extension; unextended state. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not extensile; incapable of being stretched. [ 1913 Webster ]