Part 4089

<blockquote>Pitt, of whom it was said that he could <b>extemporize</b> a Queen's speech <i>Lord Campbell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Extemporizer</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tem"po*ri`zer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who extemporizes.</def>

<h1>Extend</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tend"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Extended</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Extending</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>extendere</ets>, <ets>extentum</ets>, <ets>extensum</ets>; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>tendere</ets> to stretch. See <er>Trend</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; <as>as, to <ex>extend</ex> a line in surveying; to <ex>extend</ex> a cord across the street.</as></def>

<blockquote>Few <b>extend</b> their thoughts toward universal knowledge'. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; <as>as, to <ex>extend</ex> metal plates by hammering or rolling them</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; <as>as, to <ex>extend</ex> the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to <ex>extend</ex> power or influence</as>; to continue, as time; to lengthen; to prolong; <as>as, to <ex>extend</ex> the time of payment or a season of trail</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand.</def>

<blockquote>His helpless hand <b>extend</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; <as>as, to <ex>extend</ex> sympathy to the suffering</as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; <as>as, to <ex>extend</ex> liquors</as>.</def>

<i>G. P. Burnham.</i>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.</def>

<cs><col>Extended letter</col> <fld>(Typog.)</fld>, <cd>a letter, or style of type, having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type of the same height.</cd></cs>

<note>&hand; <extendedtype>This is extended type.</extendedtype></note>

<syn>Syn. -- To increase; enlarge; expand; widen; diffuse. See <er>Increase</er>.</syn>

<h1>Extendant</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tend"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Displaced.</def>

<i>Ogilvie.</i>

<h1>Extendedly</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tend"ed*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an extended manner.</def>

<h1>Extender</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tend"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, extends or stretches anything.</def>

<h1>Extendible</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tend"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Liable to be taken by a writ of extent.</def>

<h1>Extendlessness</h1> <Xpage=529>