EXPANSE

n. v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky. "The green expanse." Savage. Lights . . . high in the expanse of heaven. Milton. The smooth expanse of crystal lakes. Pope.

2.
v.

To expand. [Obs.] That lies expansed unto the eyes of all. Sir. T. Browne.