Ex*tend" (&ebreve;ks*t&ebreve;nd"), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Extended;
p. pr. & vb. n. Extending.] [L.
extendere, extentum, extensum; ex out +
tendere to stretch. See Trend.] 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.
Locke.
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.
Dryden.
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. G. P.
Burnham.
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.
&fist; This is extended type.
Syn. -- To increase; enlarge; expand; widen; diffuse. See
Increase.
