extentn.

Brit.

/ᵻkˈstɛnt/,

/ɛkˈstɛnt/, U.S.

/ɪkˈstɛnt/,

/ɛkˈstɛnt/

Forms: Also Middle English astent.

Etymology: Middle English extente , < Anglo-Norman extente, estente (= medieval Latin extenta ), feminine past participle of estendre to extend v. used substantively (compare modern French étendue ) in various senses; (1) extent in space, (2) superficial area, (3) valuation; < estendre (French étendre ) < Latin extendĕre : see extend v.

I. Senses relating to valuation and debt.

1. Historical.

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a. The valuation of land or other property; esp. such a valuation made for the purpose of taxation; assessment; an instance of this.

b. The value assigned to such land or property; assessed value; = stent n.¹ old extent, new extent (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > fixing amount of tax > assessed value

extentc1330

stent138.

stint1485

1292 Britton iii. vii. §5 La estente soit fete en ceste manere. En primes soit enquis par serment des jurours, cum bien les edifices et chief maner..vaillent par an de cleer.]

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 83 William wist of alle what it suld amounte, Of lordyng & of thralle þe extente þorgh acounte.

1424 Sc. Acts Jas. I §10 That all schirefis be sworne..that thai sall lelely and treuly ger this extent be fulfillit of all the landis and gudis.

1479 Acta Audit. 89 (Jam.) That Dauid Halyday..sal bruk and joyss the x^s worth of land of ald astent of Dalruskel.

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 5 Such Lands..have been by reasonable Extent to them delivered in execution for the satisfaction of their said debts.

1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione Extent of landes, signifies the rents, profites, and issues of the samin, quhair of there is twa kindes, the auld extent, and the new extent.

1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Extent Ane vther taxation and extent was maid in the time of peace..quhilk therefore is called the new or second extent.

?c1682 J. Warburton Treat. Hist. Guernsey (1822) 75 The extent of the King's revenue in the island, taken 5 Edw. III. 1331, gives an account..of all the lands, rents, and duties belonging to the King.

1784 T. Pennant Tour in Wales (rev. ed.) I. 16 [Coals] were discovered in the township..as early as the time of Edward I. as appears by an extent of that place, in..that reign.

1872 E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 140 The valuation of Bagimont..became the standard..of ecclesiastical assessment..lay lands remaining at the earlier standard known..as the Old Extent.

†c. A tax levied on such a valuation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > land tax

land-gavelc1000

Danegeld1086

tallagec1290

tallagie1444

tollage1531

Dane-money1570

extent1597

geld1610

cess1662

land-tax1689

supply1689

single tax1879

1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Extent They suld baith make personall service, and also pay extent or taxation.

1746–7 Act 20 Geo. II c. 50 §2 Lands..liable to the annual payment of the new extent or retour duty.

2. Law.

a. (In full writ of extent): A writ to recover debts of record due to the Crown, under which the body, lands, and goods of the debtor may be all seized at once to compel payment of the debt. extent in aid, extent in chief (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > writs against debtor

elegit1455

letters of horning1536

quo minus1598

extent1630

1630 J. Taylor Wks. i. 911 Her small shot are Arrests and Actions, her great Ordnance are Extents, out~lawries and Executions.

a1754 H. Fielding Jrnl. Voy. Lisbon (1755) 165 He..was by extents from the Court of Exchequer, soon reduced below his original state.

1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 761 Extents of the Crown were formidable to persons who became debtors of the Crown.

1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 242/1 Extent in chief..issues from the Court of Exchequer..It directs the sheriff to take an inquisition or inquest of office, on the oaths of lawful men, to ascertain the lands, etc. of the debtor, and seize the same into the Queen's hands.

1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking v. 111 A bill seized under an extent, for instance.

b. Seizure of lands, etc., in execution of a writ; the condition of being seized and held in satisfaction for debt, sequestration; also, the right of seizure; also = execution n. 7b. In U.S. ‘A levy of an execution upon real estate by metes and bounds’ (Webster 1864).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods

prisea1325

seizure1482

disseisin1511

ouster1531

seiser1550

extent1592

prisal1628

sequestration1640

1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. §104 c By force of the said statute and extent.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. i. 17 Duke... Push him out of dores And let my officers of such a nature Make an extent vpon his house and Lands.

a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) v. ii. 74 An Under-sheriffe, who..will serve An extent on Lords, or Lowns land.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. iii. xxvi. 420 The process is usually called an extent..because the sheriff is to cause the lands, etc. to be appraised to their full extended value.

1776 S. Foote Bankrupt iii. 83 They say an extent is brought into the house.

1776 S. Foote Bankrupt iii. 93 Only an extent, to seize on all his effects.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 75 All such remedies to recover a moiety of the rent, as the cognizor himself might have had..before the extent.

1867 Knight Begg'd at Court iv. 66 And is it come to this! An extent in my house. I must get a bed and a supper at the Bolt-in-Tun.

†c. transferred. A predatory attack; an assault.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun]

assault1297

venuea1330

scoura1400

wassailc1400

frayc1430

brunta1450

sault1510

onseta1522

attemptate1524

onsetting1541

breach1578

dint1579

objectiona1586

invasion1591

extent1594

grassation1610

attack1655

run1751

wrack1863

mayhem1870

serve1967

1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. A3 On all the world we make extent.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. i. 52 In this vnciuill, and vniust extent Against thy peace.

†3. Rents, etc., arising from extended lands.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > income derived from land or property > types of

extent1303

commodities1396

freehold1433

candle-rent1611

farmage1611

localityc1701

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 6076 Persones, prestes, þan han here rente And ouþer þat han grete extente.

1629 Vse of Law 86 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light All the propertie of their Goods..Wardships and Extents.

II. Senses relating to extension over space, and related uses.

4. ‘Space or degree to which anything is extended’ (Johnson).

a. Of a material thing: The amount of space over which it extends; dimensions, compass, size; †a space or distance ‘taken’ with a pair of compasses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun]

greatness1381

measurea1382

quantitya1387

muchnessa1398

sizea1400

largec1400

micklec1400

moisonc1400

of suingc1400

bignessc1475

assize1481

proportions1481

bodya1500

dimension1529

measuring1529

wideness1535

bind1551

corporance1570

magnitude1570

mickledom1596

amplitude1599

breadth1609

extendure1613

extension1614

extent1623

extensure1631

dimense1632

dimensity1655

bulkiness1674

bulksomeness1674

admeasurement1754

calliper1819

acreage1846

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.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 60 The greatest extent [of this Citie] from the South-east to North-west [is] neere three miles.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 496 The Serpent..Of huge extent .

1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) Introd. 6 No Country doth in all parts of its Territories make use of the same extent in measuring.

1720 J. Ozell et al. tr. R. A. de Vertot Hist. Revol. Rom. Republic I. i. 6 The Power of a State consists not so much in its Extent, as in the Number of its Inhabitants.

1794 J. H. Moore New Pract. Navigator (ed. 10) 60 That extent will reach from the departure 406 to the distance 449 miles.

1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 22 The extent of its [the Kite's] wings is more than five feet.

1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 17 Such platforms must have been of considerable extent.

1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 235 The place..was in danger of having to capitulate owing to the extent of the wall.

b. Breadth of comprehension; width of application, operation, etc.; scope.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [noun] > immaterial or incorporeal thing > scope or range of

ampleness1509

reach1546

compass1555

zodiac1560

extent1593

range1599

verge1599

extension1604

latitude1605

extendure1610

point-blanka1616

comprisement1640

comprisurea1641

virge1640

tour1699

purview1751

gamut1753

sweep1781

diapason1851

carry1859

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. viii. 66 In goodnes..there is a latitude or extent.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 81 True, I haue married her, The very head and front of my offending, Hath this extent no more.

1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 108 This Law, in the extent of it, reached as well to forraigners, as to the King's subjects.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 285 He [sc. Leighton] gave his vote for it, not having sufficiently considered the extent of the words.

1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 208. ⁋11 Whoever knows the English tongue in its present extent, will be able to express his thoughts.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 376 The Act..had not defined the extent of the power which was to be exercised by the Sovereign.

c. Phrases: to a certain, great, etc., extent, to the (full) extent of. Hence: the limit to which anything extends; e.g. in to reach the extent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [noun]

prickOE

degreec1380

greec1386

largenessa1398

rate1523

size1534

pitcha1568

pin1584

scantling1586

intension1604

assize1625

proportion1641

process1655

to a certain extent1671

intensity1794

level1897

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 405 If I..David's..full Scepter sway To just extent over all Israel's Sons.

1720 W. R. Chetwood Voy. Capt. R. Falconer i. 2 You know..that my Fortune is but small, and I living to the Extent of it.

1754–64 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery I. 174 The patient ought..to be blooded to the extent of eight or twelve ounces.

1844 tr. M. T. Asmar Mem. Babylonian Princess II. 90 Having reached the extent of our intended pilgrimage.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xviii. 296 Hidden things of darkness were brought to light to an extent that alarmed all the..powers of kitchen and chamber.

1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking viii. 165 It [silver] is a legal tender only to the extent of 40s.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 236 He immediately becomes unjust to the full extent of his power.

d. Logic. = extension n. 8b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > extent or extension of meaning > [noun]

wideness?a1425

extent1656

extension1725

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical classification > [noun] > logical extension

extent1656

extension1725

denotation1843

1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. i. ii. 15 For the understanding of the extent of an Universal name, we need no other faculty but [etc.].

a1718 W. Penn Tracts in Wks. (1726) I. 620 It [λογος] is a Word of the same Extent with Conversation.

1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vii. 192 Not only is the Predicate of the Minor the Subject of the Conclusion and of less Extent than its own Subject.

5. concrete.

a. An extended space; the ‘length and breadth’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > an extended body or space

extent1627

extension1739

the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > spreading out > an expanse of something

spacea1382

widenessa1382

continuance1398

field1547

sheet1593

universe1598

main1609

reach1610

expansion1611

extent1627

champaign1656

fetch1662

mass1662

expanse1667

spread1712

run1719

width1733

acre1759

sweep1767

contiguity1785

extension1786

stretch1829

breadths1839

outspread1847

outstretch1858

1627 M. Drayton Battaile Agincourt 6 Those Territories, of whose large extent, The English Kings were owners of before.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. i. 45 In all that great Extent wherein the mind wanders.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 112 Such an extent of Plains..Allures their Eyes.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 115 Let them see..what a vast Extent of Land we possess.

1737 R. Glover Leonidas v. 44 Th' imperial race, Which rul'd th' extent of Asia.

1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. i. i. 88 Here you may see a sloping extent of noble trees.

1862 G. P. Marsh Lect. Eng. Lang. (new ed.) i. 11 They occupied only a small extent of England.

b. Something possessed of extension: see extension n. 7b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > [noun] > matter or substance > properties > extension > extended body

extension1739

extent1871

1871 A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley x. 371 I am..independent of the changing tastes..and coloured or resistant extents, which form my transitory sense-given phenomena.

†6. The action of extending.

a. The showing or exercising (justice, kindness, etc.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > practice, exercise, or doing > [noun]

workingOE

hauntinga1325

exercise1393

occupation1432

exercite1485

practicec1487

function1576

exercitation1579

extent1594

gestion1599

prosecution1605

carrying1711

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. iv. 3 Was euer seene, An Emperour in Rome thus ouerborne..and for the extent O fegall [sic] iustice, vsde in such contempt.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 374 Gentlemen you are welcome..th' appurtenance of welcome is fashion and ceremonie; let mee comply with you in this garb: let me extent to the players..should more appeare like entertainment then yours.

1638 J. Shirley Royall Master i. sig. B3 My extent in all things Is but to bid you welcome.

†b. Enlargement in scope or operation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > increase in scope

extension1590

extendmenta1613

prorogationa1626

extense1630

extendinga1649

extent1657

widening1677

1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 502 To disacknowledge such extents of his Authority.

1668 J. Howe Blessedness of Righteous Disc. (1825) 58 How pleasant to think, not only of the extents, but of the restraints of this power.

1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 77 Our Wealth [will] encrease in proportion..to the new Extents or Encouragements it [our trade] shall receive.

7. Campanology. (See quot. 1901.)

ΚΠ

1901 H. E. Bulwer Gloss. Techn. Terms Bells & Ringing 14 Extent. (a) The full number of distinct ‘changes’, of which a ‘method’ admits, is the ‘extent’ of the ‘method’. (b) The full number of times a bell, or some definite combination of bells, can occupy a given position, without repetition of any one of the ‘changes’ containing such bell, or bells, in that position.

1928 Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 10/7 Three ‘extents’ (i.e. 720 changes each) upon the six large bells there, in three different methods, 2,160 changes in all.

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单词	extent
释义	extentn. Brit. /ᵻkˈstɛnt/, /ɛkˈstɛnt/, U.S. /ɪkˈstɛnt/, /ɛkˈstɛnt/ Forms: Also Middle English astent. Etymology: Middle English extente , < Anglo-Norman extente, estente (= medieval Latin extenta ), feminine past participle of estendre to extend v. used substantively (compare modern French étendue ) in various senses; (1) extent in space, (2) superficial area, (3) valuation; < estendre (French étendre ) < Latin extendĕre : see extend v. I. Senses relating to valuation and debt. 1. Historical. Thesaurus » Categories » a. The valuation of land or other property; esp. such a valuation made for the purpose of taxation; assessment; an instance of this. b. The value assigned to such land or property; assessed value; = stent n.¹ old extent, new extent (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > fixing amount of tax > assessed value extentc1330 stent138. stint1485 1292 Britton iii. vii. §5 La estente soit fete en ceste manere. En primes soit enquis par serment des jurours, cum bien les edifices et chief maner..vaillent par an de cleer.] c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 83 William wist of alle what it suld amounte, Of lordyng & of thralle þe extente þorgh acounte. 1424 Sc. Acts Jas. I §10 That all schirefis be sworne..that thai sall lelely and treuly ger this extent be fulfillit of all the landis and gudis. 1479 Acta Audit. 89 (Jam.) That Dauid Halyday..sal bruk and joyss the x^s worth of land of ald astent of Dalruskel. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 5 Such Lands..have been by reasonable Extent to them delivered in execution for the satisfaction of their said debts. 1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione Extent of landes, signifies the rents, profites, and issues of the samin, quhair of there is twa kindes, the auld extent, and the new extent. 1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Extent Ane vther taxation and extent was maid in the time of peace..quhilk therefore is called the new or second extent. ?c1682 J. Warburton Treat. Hist. Guernsey (1822) 75 The extent of the King's revenue in the island, taken 5 Edw. III. 1331, gives an account..of all the lands, rents, and duties belonging to the King. 1784 T. Pennant Tour in Wales (rev. ed.) I. 16 [Coals] were discovered in the township..as early as the time of Edward I. as appears by an extent of that place, in..that reign. 1872 E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 140 The valuation of Bagimont..became the standard..of ecclesiastical assessment..lay lands remaining at the earlier standard known..as the Old Extent. †c. A tax levied on such a valuation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > land tax land-gavelc1000 Danegeld1086 tallagec1290 tallagie1444 tollage1531 Dane-money1570 extent1597 geld1610 cess1662 land-tax1689 supply1689 single tax1879 1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Extent They suld baith make personall service, and also pay extent or taxation. 1746–7 Act 20 Geo. II c. 50 §2 Lands..liable to the annual payment of the new extent or retour duty. 2. Law. a. (In full writ of extent): A writ to recover debts of record due to the Crown, under which the body, lands, and goods of the debtor may be all seized at once to compel payment of the debt. extent in aid, extent in chief (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > writs against debtor elegit1455 letters of horning1536 quo minus1598 extent1630 1630 J. Taylor Wks. i. 911 Her small shot are Arrests and Actions, her great Ordnance are Extents, out~lawries and Executions. a1754 H. Fielding Jrnl. Voy. Lisbon (1755) 165 He..was by extents from the Court of Exchequer, soon reduced below his original state. 1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 761 Extents of the Crown were formidable to persons who became debtors of the Crown. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 242/1 Extent in chief..issues from the Court of Exchequer..It directs the sheriff to take an inquisition or inquest of office, on the oaths of lawful men, to ascertain the lands, etc. of the debtor, and seize the same into the Queen's hands. 1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking v. 111 A bill seized under an extent, for instance. b. Seizure of lands, etc., in execution of a writ; the condition of being seized and held in satisfaction for debt, sequestration; also, the right of seizure; also = execution n. 7b. In U.S. ‘A levy of an execution upon real estate by metes and bounds’ (Webster 1864). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods prisea1325 seizure1482 disseisin1511 ouster1531 seiser1550 extent1592 prisal1628 sequestration1640 1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. §104 c By force of the said statute and extent. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. i. 17 Duke... Push him out of dores And let my officers of such a nature Make an extent vpon his house and Lands. View more context for this quotation a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) v. ii. 74 An Under-sheriffe, who..will serve An extent on Lords, or Lowns land. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. iii. xxvi. 420 The process is usually called an extent..because the sheriff is to cause the lands, etc. to be appraised to their full extended value. 1776 S. Foote Bankrupt iii. 83 They say an extent is brought into the house. 1776 S. Foote Bankrupt iii. 93 Only an extent, to seize on all his effects. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 75 All such remedies to recover a moiety of the rent, as the cognizor himself might have had..before the extent. 1867 Knight Begg'd at Court iv. 66 And is it come to this! An extent in my house. I must get a bed and a supper at the Bolt-in-Tun. †c. transferred. A predatory attack; an assault. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] assault1297 venuea1330 scoura1400 wassailc1400 frayc1430 brunta1450 sault1510 onseta1522 attemptate1524 onsetting1541 breach1578 dint1579 objectiona1586 invasion1591 extent1594 grassation1610 attack1655 run1751 wrack1863 mayhem1870 serve1967 1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. A3 On all the world we make extent. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. i. 52 In this vnciuill, and vniust extent Against thy peace. View more context for this quotation †3. Rents, etc., arising from extended lands. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > income derived from land or property > types of extent1303 commodities1396 freehold1433 candle-rent1611 farmage1611 localityc1701 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 6076 Persones, prestes, þan han here rente And ouþer þat han grete extente. 1629 Vse of Law 86 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light All the propertie of their Goods..Wardships and Extents. II. Senses relating to extension over space, and related uses. 4. ‘Space or degree to which anything is extended’ (Johnson). a. Of a material thing: The amount of space over which it extends; dimensions, compass, size; †a space or distance ‘taken’ with a pair of compasses. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun] greatness1381 measurea1382 quantitya1387 muchnessa1398 sizea1400 largec1400 micklec1400 moisonc1400 of suingc1400 bignessc1475 assize1481 proportions1481 bodya1500 dimension1529 measuring1529 wideness1535 bind1551 corporance1570 magnitude1570 mickledom1596 amplitude1599 breadth1609 extendure1613 extension1614 extent1623 extensure1631 dimense1632 dimensity1655 bulkiness1674 bulksomeness1674 admeasurement1754 calliper1819 acreage1846 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. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 60 The greatest extent [of this Citie] from the South-east to North-west [is] neere three miles. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 496 The Serpent..Of huge extent . View more context for this quotation 1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) Introd. 6 No Country doth in all parts of its Territories make use of the same extent in measuring. 1720 J. Ozell et al. tr. R. A. de Vertot Hist. Revol. Rom. Republic I. i. 6 The Power of a State consists not so much in its Extent, as in the Number of its Inhabitants. 1794 J. H. Moore New Pract. Navigator (ed. 10) 60 That extent will reach from the departure 406 to the distance 449 miles. 1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 22 The extent of its [the Kite's] wings is more than five feet. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 17 Such platforms must have been of considerable extent. 1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 235 The place..was in danger of having to capitulate owing to the extent of the wall. b. Breadth of comprehension; width of application, operation, etc.; scope. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [noun] > immaterial or incorporeal thing > scope or range of ampleness1509 reach1546 compass1555 zodiac1560 extent1593 range1599 verge1599 extension1604 latitude1605 extendure1610 point-blanka1616 comprisement1640 comprisurea1641 virge1640 tour1699 purview1751 gamut1753 sweep1781 diapason1851 carry1859 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. viii. 66 In goodnes..there is a latitude or extent. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 81 True, I haue married her, The very head and front of my offending, Hath this extent no more. View more context for this quotation 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 108 This Law, in the extent of it, reached as well to forraigners, as to the King's subjects. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 285 He [sc. Leighton] gave his vote for it, not having sufficiently considered the extent of the words. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 208. ⁋11 Whoever knows the English tongue in its present extent, will be able to express his thoughts. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 376 The Act..had not defined the extent of the power which was to be exercised by the Sovereign. c. Phrases: to a certain, great, etc., extent, to the (full) extent of. Hence: the limit to which anything extends; e.g. in to reach the extent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [noun] prickOE degreec1380 greec1386 largenessa1398 rate1523 size1534 pitcha1568 pin1584 scantling1586 intension1604 assize1625 proportion1641 process1655 to a certain extent1671 intensity1794 level1897 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 405 If I..David's..full Scepter sway To just extent over all Israel's Sons. View more context for this quotation 1720 W. R. Chetwood Voy. Capt. R. Falconer i. 2 You know..that my Fortune is but small, and I living to the Extent of it. 1754–64 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery I. 174 The patient ought..to be blooded to the extent of eight or twelve ounces. 1844 tr. M. T. Asmar Mem. Babylonian Princess II. 90 Having reached the extent of our intended pilgrimage. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xviii. 296 Hidden things of darkness were brought to light to an extent that alarmed all the..powers of kitchen and chamber. 1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking viii. 165 It [silver] is a legal tender only to the extent of 40s. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 236 He immediately becomes unjust to the full extent of his power. d. Logic. = extension n. 8b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > extent or extension of meaning > [noun] wideness?a1425 extent1656 extension1725 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical classification > [noun] > logical extension extent1656 extension1725 denotation1843 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. i. ii. 15 For the understanding of the extent of an Universal name, we need no other faculty but [etc.]. a1718 W. Penn Tracts in Wks. (1726) I. 620 It [λογος] is a Word of the same Extent with Conversation. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vii. 192 Not only is the Predicate of the Minor the Subject of the Conclusion and of less Extent than its own Subject. 5. concrete. a. An extended space; the ‘length and breadth’. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > an extended body or space extent1627 extension1739 the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > spreading out > an expanse of something spacea1382 widenessa1382 continuance1398 field1547 sheet1593 universe1598 main1609 reach1610 expansion1611 extent1627 champaign1656 fetch1662 mass1662 expanse1667 spread1712 run1719 width1733 acre1759 sweep1767 contiguity1785 extension1786 stretch1829 breadths1839 outspread1847 outstretch1858 1627 M. Drayton Battaile Agincourt 6 Those Territories, of whose large extent, The English Kings were owners of before. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. i. 45 In all that great Extent wherein the mind wanders. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 112 Such an extent of Plains..Allures their Eyes. View more context for this quotation 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 115 Let them see..what a vast Extent of Land we possess. 1737 R. Glover Leonidas v. 44 Th' imperial race, Which rul'd th' extent of Asia. 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. i. i. 88 Here you may see a sloping extent of noble trees. 1862 G. P. Marsh Lect. Eng. Lang. (new ed.) i. 11 They occupied only a small extent of England. b. Something possessed of extension: see extension n. 7b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > [noun] > matter or substance > properties > extension > extended body extension1739 extent1871 1871 A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley x. 371 I am..independent of the changing tastes..and coloured or resistant extents, which form my transitory sense-given phenomena. †6. The action of extending. a. The showing or exercising (justice, kindness, etc.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > practice, exercise, or doing > [noun] workingOE hauntinga1325 exercise1393 occupation1432 exercite1485 practicec1487 function1576 exercitation1579 extent1594 gestion1599 prosecution1605 carrying1711 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. iv. 3 Was euer seene, An Emperour in Rome thus ouerborne..and for the extent O fegall [sic] iustice, vsde in such contempt. View more context for this quotation 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 374 Gentlemen you are welcome..th' appurtenance of welcome is fashion and ceremonie; let mee comply with you in this garb: let me extent to the players..should more appeare like entertainment then yours. 1638 J. Shirley Royall Master i. sig. B3 My extent in all things Is but to bid you welcome. †b. Enlargement in scope or operation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > increase in scope extension1590 extendmenta1613 prorogationa1626 extense1630 extendinga1649 extent1657 widening1677 1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 502 To disacknowledge such extents of his Authority. 1668 J. Howe Blessedness of Righteous Disc. (1825) 58 How pleasant to think, not only of the extents, but of the restraints of this power. 1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 77 Our Wealth [will] encrease in proportion..to the new Extents or Encouragements it [our trade] shall receive. 7. Campanology. (See quot. 1901.) ΚΠ 1901 H. E. Bulwer Gloss. Techn. Terms Bells & Ringing 14 Extent. (a) The full number of distinct ‘changes’, of which a ‘method’ admits, is the ‘extent’ of the ‘method’. (b) The full number of times a bell, or some definite combination of bells, can occupy a given position, without repetition of any one of the ‘changes’ containing such bell, or bells, in that position. 1928 Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 10/7 Three ‘extents’ (i.e. 720 changes each) upon the six large bells there, in three different methods, 2,160 changes in all. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † extentadj. Etymology: < Latin extentus, past participle of extendĕre to extend v. Obsolete. 1. Of the hand, etc.: Stretched out; held out. Of strength: Strained, exerted to the full. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > [adjective] > specific part of body extent1436 outstretched1535 wide1707 outflung1830 outheld1872 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [adjective] > exerted to the full best?1534 extent1664 1436 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 193 Oure kynge..Wyth swerde drawe, bryght and extente. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. sig. T2 Both his handes..Aboue the water were on high extent. 1664 Floddan Field viii. 78 The Admiral with strength extent, Then in the field fierce fighting was. 2. a. Continued or prolonged in length. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [adjective] > increasing in length > increased in length extendedc1450 deduit1485 prolonged1557 produced1578 protensed1578 extent1641 prolated1715 lengthened1744 elongated1751 protracted1785 drawn-out1834 1641 Songs Costume (Percy Soc.) 171 Tell me no more that roarers waire Their hair extent below their ear. b. Spread out in area. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [adjective] > having property of occupying space extent?a1475 extensive1624 extense1647 extended1666 bulky1674 roomthy1674 solid1690 spatial1847 the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > spread out openc1350 expanded?a1475 spread?c1510 splayeda1547 bredea1550 extended1552 spreaded1567 displayed1578 well-spread1600 outspreada1618 spreaden1620 expansed1628 extent1633 spread-out1644 explicate1661 expatiated1681 patulous1682 expatiate1702 sheeted1797 a-spread1879 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 297 Burguyn is a parte of Fraunce Cenonense to Alpes Pirene extente allemoste. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ii. v. 18 Whose matter..Through all the Isle, and every part extent. c. Possessed of extension. ΚΠ ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 321 Where trees be extente in altitude by a c. and xl^ti foote. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. i. ii. lvi Some be extended, others not extent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † extentv. Etymology: < Latin extent- participial stem of extendĕre to extend v. Obsolete. 1. a. transitive. To assess, make an assessment of, for the purpose of taxation. Scottish = stent v.² ΚΠ 1424 Sc. Acts Jas. I §10 He sall cheiss lele men and discret..gif thai haif doune thair deuoir at the end of the taxacione; and that alsa mony personys as may sufficiently extent þe cuntre. b. intransitive. To be assessed. ΚΠ 1583 in W. Maitland Hist. Edinb. (1753) iii. 234 The Merchand, Prenteis, and sic Kynd of People as wer wont to extent with them..to pay at his Entrie..Threttie Shillings. 2. transitive. To seize in satisfaction for debt. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > seize for debt withset1445 rest1518 extend1585 arrest1599 extent1664 1664 in Rec. Soc. Lanc. & Cheshire XI. 41 Plaintiffs estate in Lowton and Newton ‘extented’ upon judgments at the suit of defendant. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1303adj.1436v.1424
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