extension

[ Fr.extension, from Lat. exten sio, from extensus, pa. par. of extendo; Sp.extension; Ital. est ens i one, stens i one.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The act of extending, stretching, enlarging, expanding, or prolonging. 2. The state of being extended, stretched, enlarged, or expanded. "By this idea of solidity is the extension of body distinguished from the extension of space."-Locke. II. Technically : creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a 1. Comm.: A written engagement on the part of a debt. "Both his hands most filthy feculent, Above the water were on high extent , And fained to wash themselves ince antly." IMG:content-1297.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1298.png:[blocks in formation] Α. Trans .: Τo a e , to lay on, or apportion an Sir T. Elyot : Castel of Helth , bk. ii. a e ment upon. ěx-těn'-u-āte, v. t. & i. [French exténuer ; Ital. features. estenuare , stenuare ; Sp. & Port. estenuar .] A. Transitive : Who can extenuate Thee?" -Milton : P. L., x. 645. 4. To le en; to make le in gravity or degree. "To persist In doing wrong, extenuates not wrong." *5. To mitigate; to le en in severity. "Which [law] by no means we may extenuate." Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream, i. 1. 6. To palliate; to excuse; opposed to aggravate . "Speak of me as I am: nothing extenuate ." Shakesp .: Othello , v. 2. B. In trans.: To become more thin, lean, or slen- der; to become attenuated. angles are those formed with- out the parallels, by the parallels and a right line cut- ting them. Thus, if A B and B IMG:content-1299.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] exteriority