Extend

eks-tend', v. To prolong, esp. in a single direction, as a line; to protract; to enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to widen, continue, as time, lengthen; to hold out or reach forth; to bestow on to offer. (Law.) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt. — To be continued in length or breadth; to stretch, reach. [OF. estendre, L. extend ere, -tensum, ex and tendere, to stretch. See Tend.] — Extend'er, n. — Extendible, a. Capable of being, etc. (Law.) Liable to be taken by a writ of extent and valued. — Extendible, -Bile, a. Capable of being, etc. — Extensibility, n. — Exten's ion, -shun, n. Act of, or state of being, etc. (Physics Metaph.) That property of a body by which occupies a portion of space. (Com.) A written engagement allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt. [OF.] — Extension table. A table that can be extended in length by the sliding of parts of the frame. — Exten's ionist, n. One who favors extension. — Extea's ive, -siv, a. Having wide extent; expanded; wide. — Exten'- sively, adv. — Exten's ivene , n. — Exten's or, n. (Anat.) A muscle which extends or straightens any part of the body, as an arm or a finger. [L.] — Extent', n. Space or degree to which a thing extended; superficies; bulk; size; length. (Law.) In Eng., a peculiar species of execution upon debts linger or ink, then, boNboN, chair get. 210 EXTENUATE 194 due to the crown in S., a levy of an execution upon real estate. Extenuate, eks-ten'u-at, To draw out, as the line of an army; to make thin or slender; to le en; to palliate as a crime; to lower or degrade, as reputation or honor. — v. To become thinner, be drawn out. [L. extenuare, -atum, fr. ex and tenuis, thin.] — Extenua'tion, n. Act of, etc. palliation (of a crime); mitigation (of punishment). — Exten'- uator, -tSr, n.