extend

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Synonyms: extent, expend, entend, xtend, exten

Antonyms: extent, expend, entend, xtend, exten

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To increase in [[extent]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to increase in [[extent]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to last for a longer period of [[time]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[straighten]] (a [[limb]]).
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
7. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
8. {{lb|en|UK|legal}} To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
9. {{lb|en|object-oriented programming}} Of a [[class]]: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
10. {{lb|en|intransitive|US|military}} To [[reenlist]] for a further period.

Noun

1. {{misspelling of|en|extent}}.

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