extendv.
/ᵻkˈstɛnd/, /ɛkˈstɛnd/, U.S. /ɪkˈstɛnd/, /ɛkˈstɛnd/ I. To stretch out.† 7. To magnify in representation; to exaggerate. Obsolete.
1. transitive. To stretch forcibly, strain.† a. To stretch or pull out (anything) to its full size; to strain (nerves); to hold or maintain in a stretched condition. Also, to train (a vine); after Latin extendere vitem. Obsolete.† c. To strain the capacity of, distend (a vessel, etc.). Also figurative. Obsolete.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [verb (transitive)] > lengthen > extend to full length
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch [verb (transitive)] > esp. of Christ on the cross
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > make smooth [verb (transitive)] > remove wrinkles from > remove (wrinkles)
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c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 140 In landes drie and hoote noo vyne extende.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. UUUiiiiv He was extended and streyned on the crosse.
1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 246/1 Her wrinckles bee extended and stretched out.
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 6 It [Asse's milk] extending the skinn, making it tender and removing wrinkles.
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. v. 438 To reach Phæacia all thy nerves extend.
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 83 Quadrilateral sails are extended by yards.
b. Manège. (See quot. 1727). Esp. passive and reflexive of a horse: to exert itself to the full; to go ‘all out’; so, of a runner, oarsman, etc.; hence gen., to use all one's efforts; to try one's utmost; to be at full stretch.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > cause to move in other specific manner
extend1727
unite1799
caracol1835
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [verb (intransitive)] > gallop > exert itself fully
extend1727
the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself [verb (reflexive)] > with strenuous physical effort > be at full stretch
extend1856
the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > make physical effort > be at full stretch
to be on the rack1599
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II To extend (a Horse) signifies to make him go large.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl.
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 332/1 The horse is made to extend himself.
1886 Sat. Rev. 6 Mar. 327/1 Considering..what his [the horse's] stride is when really extended.
1915 P. G. Wodehouse Something Fresh v The Blandings chef had extended himself in honour of the house-party, and had produced a succession of dishes which, in happier days, Mr. Peters would have devoured eagerly.
1921 Baily's Mag. Jan. 3/2 The flying Pharmacie, who has not only won all the eight races in which she has taken part, but has never been really extended for a single stride.
1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves xiii He delivered an address of twenty-six minutes by Claude's stop-watch. At a village wedding, mark you! What'll he do when he really extends himself!
1931 Morning Post 25 Feb. 16/3 Corpus held their place at the Head of the River without being extended.
1955 Times 11 May 5/1 The main interest will be to see how he extends himself on the race-course.
1964 E. Waugh Little Learning v. 137 An indolent, humorous clergyman, who we did not think was extending himself fully in coaching us.
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] > distend > swell
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1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. iv. B iij b Of alle goodes they extende them & discorde fro god.
1533 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe ii. xxxv. 53 Men and women..muste reade oftentimes lowde..extendyng out the wyndepype.
a1643 J. Shute Judgem. & Mercy (1645) 99 No man should extend himself beyond the latitude of his own calling.
1704 J. Swift Disc. Mech. Operat. Spirit ii, in Tale of Tub 310 The Saint felt his Vessel full extended in every Part.
c1720 M. Prior Turtle & Sparrow 19 Fair swans, extend your dying throats.
d. intransitive for reflexive. To expand; to become distended.
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (intransitive)] > distend
distend1667
bluffa1722
extend1753
to fill out1851
1753 N. Torriano Compendium Obstetricii 18 Some Authors alledge, that the Womb grows thinner, others that it grows thicker in uterine Gestation, as it extends.
2.
a. In weaker sense: To straighten out, place at full length; to lay out (the body, limbs, etc.) in a horizontal position. †Also intransitive for reflexive.
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the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > stretch out
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c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 363 Flemer of feendes, out of him and here On which thy lymes feithfully extenden, Me kepe.
1624 J. Donne Deuotions iv. 65 If those pieces were extended, and stretched out in Man.
1710 W. Congreve Lament. Hector in Wks. III. 887 Hector's Corps extended on a Bier.
1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) vii. 174 A limb is flexed, when it is bent; extended, when it is straightened out.
1888 E. Hatch Infl. Greek Ideas & Usages Christian Church (1890) iii. 74 When it was said ‘The government shall be upon his shoulder,’ it was meant that Christ should be extended on the cross.
b. To write out at full length; esp. to transcribe (shorthand notes) in longhand; to expand (graphical contractions). Also, to write out (a legal instrument) in proper form (now chiefly Scottish).
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society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [verb (transitive)] > write out at length
to write outa1400
to set out1545
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expand1894
a1639 H. Wotton Surv. Educ. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 89 The contracting and extending the lines and sense of others..would appear a thankless office.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxiii. 184 We will take Instrument formally and authentically extended.
1827 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxxii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 478 Takin' doon the conversation in hieroglyphics, and at hame extendin' your notes.
1875 J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) Pref. p. viii The Surtees Society has always adhered to the plan of ‘extending’ contractions.
1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) To extend a deed, to make a fair copy of a deed on paper, parchment, or the like, for signature; to engross a deed. [Scotch.]
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c. Commerce. to extend an invoice, etc.: to calculate and ‘carry out’ the amount of each line contained in it. (Cf. branch III.)
3. figurative.1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Extende to, or be as much worth as his word, suppeto.† c. To be directed to an object; to tend. Also, to belong, pertain. Obsolete.
a. To stretch, draw (e.g. a cord, a line of troops) in a specified direction, or so as to reach to a certain point. In Practical Geometry, etc.: To open out (a pair of compasses); also absol.
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the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > extend in a certain direction
extend1623
1623 E. Gunter Descr. & Use Sector i. vi. 20 Extend the compasses from the diuisor to 1, the same extent shall reach from the diuidend to the quotient.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 219 Some extend the Wall, Some build the Citadel.
1703 Moxon's Mech. Dyalling (ed. 4) in Moxon's Mech. Exercises (new ed.) 343 Then removing the string the space of 15 degrees in the Quadrant, and extending it to the Equator on the Cieling.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 55. ⁋5 His Troops are extended from Exilles to Mount Genevre.
1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 180 Collonel Sandys..extends himself to the Left..and began to form his Men.
1794 J. H. Moore New. Pract. Navigator 64 Extend from radius or 90° to the course 5 points on the line of sines.
b. reflexive and intransitive for reflexive. To stretch or continue for a specified distance; to reach, be continuous, to or towards a certain point of space or time.
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the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)]
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comeOE
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the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (reflexive)]
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the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)]
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the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > reach a certain point of time
extend1886
1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) 73 Thens departeth an arme like a fresshe water, And estendeth it toward the eest.
?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Av An hepe of snowe So hye extendynge, our steple is more lowe.
1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. vii. f. 138v So muche grounde as his Campe did conteine, extending in compasse lx. furlonges.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. ii. 148 To Lacedemon did my Land extend . View more context for this quotation
1662 J. Graunt Nat. & Polit. Observ. Bills Mortality x. 58 No greater, than that, unto which the voice of a Preacher of middling Lungs will easily extend.
1715 A. Pope Temple of Fame 25 Arches widen, and long Iles extend.
1738 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 2) I. 179 The Shore extends itself a great way into the Sea.
1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 224 The point and division on which the whole are to form will be named; the whole will extend from it.
1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 77 Neustria..extended from the Meuse almost to the present southern limits of France.
1872 E. Spaulding in R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 90 The Blue Lead..extends through the county parallel to the main range.
1886 Manch. Examiner 9 Feb. 5/2 The strike has extended over 22 weeks.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [verb (intransitive)]
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belielOE
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to make to ——1645
apply1741
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > tend or incline [verb (intransitive)]
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a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. C.v He trauayled..too..serche what extended to the arte of Nygromanycye.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie E 415 To Extend to: to touch a thing. Pertineo.
1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 49 Anger is no sinne, so that..the ende whether it extendeth be vertuous.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ff2v No light of Nature extendeth to declare the will and true worship of God. View more context for this quotation
4.
a. transitive. To lengthen, prolong; to continue to a greater distance; to push forward in space.
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the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)]
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outstretcha1567
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [verb (transitive)] > lengthen
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1569 Abp. M. Parker Let. 1 July in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 351 I take some heed not to extend my sleeve beyond my arm.
1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. i. iii. 17 Let the earth be extracted, and plants cannot extend themselves.
1854 Act 17 & 18 Victoria c. clxxxvi. (title) An Act to enable the Portsmouth Railway Company..to extend their..Line from Godalming to Shalford.
b. To prolong in duration.
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the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > cause to endure, sustain, or prolong
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to make forth (long, longer)1565
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1574 J. Baret Aluearie E 415 Is extended to this time.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 56 If much you note him You shall offend him, and extend his Passion, Feed, and regard him not. View more context for this quotation
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 131 If I extend this Sermon, if you extend your Devotion, or your Patience, beyond the ordinary time.
1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 18 To Helen's bed the Gods alone assign Hermione, t' extend the regal line.
1796 C. Marshall Gardening (1813) xix. 349 The season may be extended.
1866 J. E. Cussans Gram. Heraldry Introd. 5 It is the labour..of vanity to extend the term of this ideal longevity.
c. To carry to a further point of completeness.
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the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > carry to further point of completeness
extend1726
1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. iii. 42 This Advantage hath enabled them to extend the Discoveries much farther.
1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds ix. 118 Machinery might be extended to the utmost perfection.
5.
a. To spread out in area; to make to cover a certain space; †to open out (something furled up).
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the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > spread (something) out or open
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bredeOE
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openOE
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to let outc1380
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expand?a1475
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1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 148 You may..extend a Tent over it, to keep out Rain.
1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 349 An Awning was extended over the Amphitheatre.
1767 B. Franklin Let. 14 Sept. in Wks. (1887) IV. 38 Men..carry umbrellas in their hands, which they extend in case of rain.
b. metaphorical. Used in passive with generalized sense: To possess ‘extension’ or spatial magnitude.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > have spatial extent [verb (intransitive)]
extend1666
1666 [implied in: R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 3 A Substance extended, divisible and impenetrable. (at extended adj. 4)].
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. i. 43 'Tis..as intelligible to say, that any thing is extended without parts, as that any thing thinks, without being conscious of it.
1718 M. Prior Alma i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 323 The Mind, say They, while You sustain To hold her Station in the Brain; You grant, at least, she is extended.
1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xlvii. 160 I know not..how to conceive any thing without extension: what is extended must have parts.
1796 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. (new ed.) I. 460/2 It is usual to consider it [a body] as extended only in length, breadth, and thickness.
1862 H. Spencer First Princ. i. iii. §16 The idea of resistance cannot be separated in thought from the idea of an extended body which offers resistance.
c. intransitive. To cover an area; to stretch out in various directions. Of immaterial things: To have a certain range or scope.
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the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > extend or stretch
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1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. xxi. 181 This [heaven] is that gyueth to vs his colour blew, the whiche estendeth aboue thayer.
1559 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1725) I. App. x. 28 The parliament, which I knowledge to be of great strengthe in matters whereunto it extendethe.
1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres v. ci. sig. Ee2 All the purple playnes that wide extend.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. L4 The commandment extendeth more ouer the wils of men, and not only ouer their deeds and seruices. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 111 Some ancient Oak, whose Arms extend In ample breadth. View more context for this quotation
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 99 These Robberies extended chiefly to Wearing-Cloths.
1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. xii. 241 Moral Obligations can extend no further than to natural Possibilities.
1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 88 Thou art he whose goodness extendeth to all men.
1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. i. ii. 70 Its commerce extended from China to Europe.
6. reflexive.1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne i. 11 The fashion extended itself among the courtiers.1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xix. 207 The reputation of Newton had been gradually extending itself on the continent.† c. reflexive. To give oneself space; to dilate, enlarge on a subject. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To widen, enlarge (boundaries); to enlarge the area of. Also intransitive for reflexive.
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] > boundaries
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1574 J. Baret Aluearie E 415 To extende the boundes.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 127 My Song to Flow'ry Gardens might extend . View more context for this quotation
1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech ii. 53 First westward and northward..the Aryans extended.
1876 E. Jenkins Blot on Queen's Head 3 The way in which this inn had gone on extending.
b. To widen the range, scope, area of application of (a law, operation, dominion, state of things, etc.); to enlarge the scope or meaning of (a word).
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > increase scope
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1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft x. i. 177 Onen..is extended to the interpretation of dreames.
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. viii. 67 Yet do we not..so far extend the law of reason.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 61 You do extend These thoughts of horror further then you shall Finde cause in Cæsar. View more context for this quotation
1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 79 Crœsus wondered to see their plenty extended to the very beasts.
1709 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 103. ⁋13 To strengthen and extend his Sight by a Glass.
1751 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) IV. xv. 302 We are taught to extend our prayers beyond our own private necessities.
1853 O. Gordon in Report Recomm. Oxf. Univ. Comm. 196 I have nothing to say about the fourth mode suggested of extending the University.
1854 H. Spencer Genesis of Sci. in Ess. (1858) 162 The invention of the barometer enabled men to extend the principles of mechanics to the atmosphere.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > express oneself copiously [verb (reflexive)] > expatiate
extend1641
dilate1644
1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. D3 I forbeare to extend my selfe in any further Relation upon this Subject.
1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa II. i. viii. 367 He extended himselfe eloquently, & largely upon this Subject.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)]
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to slobber over ——1761
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1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxix. 143 I can nothing extende the goodlines Of her temple.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. i. 25 Second Gent. You speake him farre. First Gent. I do extend him (Sir) within himselfe. View more context for this quotation
II. To stretch forth, hold out.
8. To stretch forth (the arm or hand). Cf. 2. Also, to hold out, put forward (a staff, etc.).
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body
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to rax out1622
to stick out1663
overreach1890
1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. I5 That they [sc. vines] may the more extend their branches in length.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 64 I extend my hand to him thus. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 221 See..his old Sire his helpless Hand extend.
1788 W. Cowper Dog & Water Lily v With cane extended far.
1809 J. Roland Amateur of Fencing 56 It is necessary to parry with the arm a little extended.
1822 M. A. Kelty Osmond I. 51 Extending his hand, he took her's.
1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. lviii. 244 The strong arm of the Government could be extended out to protect them.
9.
a. To hold out, accord, grant (kindness, indulgence) to, towards a person; to offer (advice). †Formerly also, to display (malice), inflict (vengeance), issue (a legal process) against, upon.
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1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxvii. f. 59 He..extended a more stately facion than perteyned to his degree.
1547 Act 1 Edw. VI c. 3 §16 Such as are in unfained miserie..to whom charitie ought to be extended.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 3 He extendeth vengeance vpon the wicked.
1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas 256 Since thou hast malice to bestowe, extende it vpon Ahab.
1611 Bible (King James) Psalms cix. 12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. iii. 58 Towards himselfe..We must extend our notice. View more context for this quotation
1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke i, in Misc. Poems 356 To all she Smiles extends.
1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 84 You should extend to me the same..indulgence.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 687 You..begged that some allowance might be extended to you.
b. U.S. to extend a call (to a pastorate). Cf. call n. 11d.
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1887 Troy Daily Times 5 Nov. Plymouth Church has decided to extend a call to the Rev. Charles A. Berry.
c. Law. To present (a protest).
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1889 [implied in: Case Bp. of Lincoln (1891) 53 The costs of the Promoters occasioned by..the said Extended Protest. (at extended adj. 5b)].
1894 N.E.D. at Extend Mod. ‘A captain of a merchant vessel, in case of loss or average, extends his protest. So does a notary when he has to protest a bill of exchange.’ (H. H. Gibbs.)
III. To value, assess. [Of somewhat obscure origin; perhaps derived inversely < extent n., and thus etymologically = ‘to ascertain the extent of’; perhaps with notion of setting down at length; compare 2b, 1c]
10. To assess, value; esp. in Law: To value (lands, etc.).
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > be valued at [verb (transitive)] > set value on
praisea1325
extendc1330
appraise1424
value1434
value1439
setc1460
valure1487
appreciate1512
rate1555
estimate1611
put1755
1292 Britton iii. vii. §4 Maunderoms al viscounte..qe par chevalers et autres bones gentz..face estendre totes les terres.]
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 202 Now wille kyng R. alle his lond extende, Merschalle & stiward þerfor about dos sende.
1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng Prol. sig. B2 It is necessarye to be knowen, howe all these maners..shulde be extended, surueyed..and valued in euery parte.
1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 41 That which was within the bayliwicke..himselfe caused to be extended by parcels, and at the end he put the summe of the value.
1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 242/1 Extend, to value the lands, etc., of one bound by a statute, who has forfeited his bond, at such an indifferent rate, as by the yearly rent, the creditor may in time be paid his debt.
11. † c. intransitive with upon: To levy upon. Obsolete. rare.
a. Law. To take possession of by a writ of extent; to seize upon (land, etc.) in satisfaction for a debt; to levy upon.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > seize for debt
withset1445
rest1518
extend1585
arrest1599
extent1664
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. iv. 67 Our goods are not spoiled,..our landes extended, our bodies imprisoned.
1629 Vse of Law 54 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light The Land is to bee extended for a yearely value, to satisfie the Debt.
1633 P. Massinger New Way to pay Old Debts v. i. sig. L2v When This Mannor is extended to my vse, You'le speake in an humbler key.
1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 331 A use could not be extended by writ of elegit, or other legal process, for the debts of cestuy que use.
1798 A. J. Dallas Rep. Cases U.S. & Pennsylvania 2 76 Whether a life estate could be extended.
1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 56 If he releases all his right to the land, yet he may extend it afterwards.
1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict.
b. transferred. To seize upon, take possession of, by force.
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the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > with violence or forcibly
reaveeOE
latchc950
seize1338
rape?1387
wrestc1426
extort1529
redeema1578
wreathe1590
force1602
extend1610
wrencha1616
1610 R. Tofte tr. N. de Montreux Honours Acad. 31 For where the publique good is extended, not any man there should seeke his owne particular quiet.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. ii. 94 Labienus..Hath with his Parthian Force Extended Asia. View more context for this quotation
1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. iii. 219 The Law..Will soon extend her for your Bride.
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1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Fever Pestilence f. 6 I haue extended vpon auncient landes in the countrie, for the breache of couenauntes.
12. Used for attend n.
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1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 239/1 Prayeng god..that he wold gyue hym grace that he myght estende to the helthe of his neyghbours.
Derivatives
exˈtending n. the action of extend v.; also an instance of this.
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the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > extension or stretching
streekinga1340
stretchingc1375
outstretchinga1387
stretching out1530
splaying1531
extending?1541
outreaching1587
extension1615
outstretchedness1674
protraction1681
exporrection1697
outstretch1828
the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun]
waxingc1055
increasec1374
dilatationc1400
larging?a1425
magnification?a1425
bredingc1440
ampliation1509
enlarginga1513
dilating1532
ampliating1541
amplification1546
amplifying1553
propagation1563
enlargement1564
widening1569
growth1587
dilation1598
expatiation1612
diduction1634
expansion1635
extendinga1649
dispansion1658
elargement1680
expatiating1708
explicating1730
aggrandizement1772
extension1839
expanse1860
aggrandization1929
the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > increase in scope
extension1590
extendmenta1613
prorogationa1626
extense1630
extendinga1649
extent1657
widening1677
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Gjv The whiche [veins] after the braunches..and the extending by the arme are diuersified.
a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 107 For the amplifying and extending of the Christian Religion.
1760 J. Woolman Jrnl. (1971) vii. 116 Through the gracious extendings of divine help.
exˈtending adj. that extends; that is expanding, spreading out, or becoming larger.
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the world > space > extension in space > [adjective]
stent1513
stretchinga1547
distent1590
stretched?1605
distending1633
stretchen1642
extending1812
outreaching1853
the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adjective] > expanding
dilating1581
bushing1607
widening1615
explicatinga1630
extensional1647
extending1812
dilatant1841
broadening1850
expanding1859
extensory1885
mushrooming1954
1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 12 Warm with the ardor of an extending and exalted religion.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Feb. 1/1 A profitable and extending business in these goods.
1894 N.E.D. at Extend Mod. Furnisher's Price-list, An extending Dining Table.
Draft additions June 2022
intransitive. Ugandan English. To move from one's seat, position, place in a queue, etc., so as to make room for someone else. Usually in imperative, as a polite request.
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2000 Eng. Today Jan. 59/1 Extend, move up a little, reverse a little (said to the driver in a vehicle).
2011 E. Afr. Business Week (Kampala) (Nexis) Aug. Customer please extend for the other customers to pass.
2019 @KhumbukaniJnr 26 June in twitter.com (accessed 22 Oct. 2020) If someone asks you to ‘please extend’ they want you to make room for them to sit down.
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