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Verb

(en verb)

To increase in extent.

To possess a certain extent.

To cause to increase in extent.

To cause to last for a longer period of time.

To straighten (a limb).

To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.

to extend sympathy to the suffering

To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.

to extend liquors

(UK, legal) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.