EXTEND

Definitions

1. 1. To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street. Few extend their thoughts toward universal knowledge'. Locke.
2. 2. To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them.
3. 3. To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or a season of trail.
4. 4. To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand. His helpless hand extend. Dryden.
5. 5. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering.
6. 6. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors. G. P. Burnham.
7. 7. To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent. Extended letter (Typog.), a letter, or style of type, having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type of the same height.