Meaning

• Verb

  1. To increase in extent.
  2. To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
  3. To cause to increase in extent.
  4. To cause to last for a longer period of time.
  5. To straighten (a limb).
  6. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
  7. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
  8. To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
  9. Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
  10. To reenlist for a further period.

• Noun