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/ɪkstˈɛndəd/ /ɪkstˈɛndɪd/ Listen

verb

Extend v. t. (past & past part. extended; pres. part. extending)

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. "Few extend their thoughts toward universal knowledge."

2.

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

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.

4.

To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand. "His helpless hand extend."

5.

To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering.

6.

To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors.

7.

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

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. Note: This is extended type.

Synonyms: To increase; enlarge; expand; widen; diffuse. See Increase.

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... them, we thought it unnecessary to give them any further special attention, since it was improbable we should find anything new. In turning an angle of the river, however, a broad reach stretched away before us. An alluvial flat extended to our left, and a high line of cliffs, that differed in no visible respect from those we had already passed, rose over the opposite side of the river. The cliffs faced the W.N.W., and as the sun declined, his beams struck full upon them. As we shot past, ...

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