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Definition of Extend
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Extend
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. To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them. 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 trail. To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors. To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent. Related Definitions:
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Extend Quotations
Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand. Patti Smith The more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does competition extend among the workers, the more do their wages shrink together. Karl Marx I very much feel that marriage is a sacrament and that sacrament should extend... to that legal entity of a union between what traditionally in our Western values has been defined as between a man and a woman. Bill Frist Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin. Wendell Willkie I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible. Michelangelo |
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Extend Translations
extend in Afrikaans is grootte extend in Dutch is omvang, bestek, grootte extend in Finnish is ojentaa, laajuus extend in German is erweitern, ausdehnen, erweirtern extend in Italian is allungare, ampliare, estendersi extend in Latin is pando, promineo, pertingo, dilato, laxo, tendo extend in Norwegian is utvide, forlenge extend in Portuguese is estenda extend in Spanish is extenderse, acgrandar, alongar, extender, ampliar |
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