Extend vs Intractile - What's the difference?
extend | intractile |
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 increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
(UK, legal) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
Not tractile; incapable of being drawn out or extended.
As a verb extend
is to increase in extent.As an adjective intractile is
not tractile; incapable of being drawn out or extended.extend
English
Verb
(en verb)- to extend sympathy to the suffering
- to extend liquors
Synonyms
* enlarge * expand * increase * lengthen * stretch * widenDerived terms
* extendible (adjective) * extensible (adjective) * extensive (adjective) * extension * extentAnagrams
*intractile
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- (Bacon)