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Quality of being exquisite.

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.

Displaced. Ogilvie.

In an extended manner.

One who, or that which, extends or stretches anything.

Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded.

Unlimited extension. [Obs.] An . . . extendlessness of excursions. Sir. M. Hale.

Outreaching; expansive; extended, superficially or otherwise. Men and gods are too extense; Could you slacken and condense Emerson.

The quality of being extensible; the capacity of being extended; as, the extensibility of a fiber, or of a plate of metal.

Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the opposite of contractible or compressible. "An extensible membrane" Holder.

Extensibility.

Suited for, or capable of, extension; extensible. Owen.

The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.

Having great extent.

One who favors or advocates extension.

Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness.

To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated.

The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent; diffusiveness.

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.

A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor.