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      extend
      noun
      Misspelling of extent. [A range of values or locations.]
      verb
      (transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
      (transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
      (intransitive) To increase in extent.
      (intransitive) To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
      (transitive) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
      (transitive) To straighten (a limb).
      To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
      (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.
      (intransitive, US, military) To reenlist for a further period.
      (UK, law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
      Roots
      tendo-tend · Latin · stretch
      Synonyms for extend
      prolongvexpandvwidenvbroadenvstretchnprotractvlengthenvprolongatevunfoldvelongatevoutspreadadjoutstretchcontinuevoffernenlargevcarryv
      Words related to extend
      exsertvcoextendextendabilityndispreadvextensionnextendableadjoverextendvoverexpandprotractileadjinextensibleadjextensileadjprolongationnextensibleadjhyperextensionntensibleadjwideradjshortenvlengthinessnforeshortenvwiredrawunexpandedextensitynexpansileadjbeyondadv

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