Part 4091

<hw>Ex*ten"sion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who favors or advocates extension.</def>

<h1>Extensive</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ten"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>extensivus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>extensif</ets>. See <er>Extend</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; <as>as, an <ex>extensive</ex> farm; an <ex>extensive</ex> lake; an <ex>extensive</ex> sphere of operations; <ex>extensive</ex> benevolence; <ex>extensive</ex> greatness.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Capable of being extended.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Silver beaters choose the finest coin, as that which is most <b>extensive</b> under the hammer. <i>Boyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Extensively</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ten"sive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>To a great extent; widely; largely; <as>as, a story is <ex>extensively</ex> circulated</as>.</def>

<h1>Extensiveness</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ten"sive*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent; diffusiveness.</def>

<h1>Extensometer</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`ten*som"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Extens</ets>ion + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Extensor</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ten"sor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., one who stretches. See <er>Extend</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to <i>flexor</i>.</def>

<h1>Extensure</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ten"sure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Extension.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Drayton.</i>

<h1>Extent</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tent"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>extentus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>extendere</ets>. See <er>Extend</er>.]</ety> <def>Extended.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Extent</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tent"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>extentus</ets>, fr. <ets>extendere</ets>. See <er>Extend</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; <as>as, an <ex>extent</ex> of country or of line; <ex>extent</ex> of information or of charity.</as></def>

<blockquote>Life in its large <b>extent</b> is scare a span. <i>Cotton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Degree; measure; proportion.</def> "The <i>extent</i> to which we can make ourselves what we wish to be."

<i>Lubbock.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.</def>

<h1>Extenuate</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ten"u*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Extenuated</er><tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Extenuating</er><tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>extenuatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>extenuare</ets> to make thin, loosen, weaken; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>tenuare</ets> to make thin, <ets>tenuis</ets> thin. See <er>Tenuity</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.</def>

<blockquote>His body behind the head becomes broad, from whence it is again <b>extenuated</b> all the way to the tail. <i>Grew.</i></blockquote>