EXTENDLESSNESS
EXTEND'LESSNESS, noun Unlimited extension. [Not used.]
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EXTENSIBILITY
EXTENS'IBILITY, adjective [from extensible.] The capacity of being extended, or of suffering extension; as the extensibility of a fiber, or of a plate of metal.
EXTENSIBLE
EXTENS'IBLE, adjective [from Latin extensus.] That may be extended; capable of being stretched in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement.
EXTENSIBLENESS
EXTENS'IBLENESS, noun Extensibility, which see.
EXTENSILE
EXTENS'ILE, adjective Capable of being extended.
EXTENSION
EXTEN'SION, noun [Latin extension] The act of extending; a stretching.1. The state of being extended; enlargement in breadth, or continuation of length.2. In philosophy, that pr...
EXTENSIONAL
EXTEN'SIONAL, adjective Having great extent. [Not used.]
EXTENSIVE
EXTENS'IVE, adjective Wide; large; having great enlargement or extent; as an extensive farm; an extensive field; an extensive lake; and extensive sphere of operations; extensive...
EXTENSIVELY
EXTENS'IVELY, adverb Widely; largely; to a great extent; as, a story is extensively circulated.
EXTENSIVENESS
EXTENS'IVENESS, noun Wideness; largeness; extent; as the extensiveness of the ocean.1. Extent; diffusiveness; as the extensiveness of a man's charities or benevolence.2. Capacit...
EXTENSOR
EXTENS'OR, noun In anatomy, a muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; opposed to flexor.
EXTENT
EXTENT', adjective Extended.EXTENT', noun [Latin extentus. It is frequently accented on the first syllable.]1. Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, compass; bulk...
EXTENUATE
EXTEN'UATE, verb transitive [Latin extenuo; ex and tenuo, to make thin.]1. To make thin, lean or slender. Sickness extenuates the body.2. To lessen; to diminish; as a crime or g...
EXTENUATED
EXTEN'UATED, participle passive Made thin, lean or slender; made smaller; lessened; diminished; palliated; made rare.
EXTENUATING
EXTEN'UATING, participle present tense Making thin or slender; lessening; diminishing; palliating; making rare.
EXTENUATION
EXTENUA'TION, noun The act of making thin; the process of growing thin or lean; the losing of flesh.1. The act representing any thing less wrong, faulty or criminal than it is i...
EXTERIOR
EXTE'RIOR, adjective [Latin from exterus, foreign.]1. External; outward; applied to the outside or outer surface of a body, and opposed to interior. We speak of the exterior and...
EXTERIORLY
EXTE'RIORLY, adverb Outwardly; externally. [An ill formed word.]
EXTERIORS
EXTE'RIORS, nounplural The outward parts of a thing.1. Outward or external deportment, or forms and ceremonies; visible acts; as the exteriors of religion.
EXTERMINATE
EXTERM'INATE, verb transitive [Latin extermino; ex and terminus, limit.]Literally, to drive from within the limits or borders. Hence,1. To destroy utterly; to drive away; to ext...
EXTERMINATED
EXTERM'INATED, participle passive Utterly driven away or destroyed; eradicated; extirpated.
EXTERMINATING
EXTERM'INATING, participle present tense Driving away or totally destroying; eradicating; extirpating.
EXTERMINATION
EXTERMINA'TION, noun The act of exterminating; total expulsion or destruction; eradication; extirpation; excision; as the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vic...
EXTERMINATOR
EXTERM'INATOR, noun He or that which exterminates.
EXTERMINATORY
EXTERM'INATORY, adjective Serving or tending to exterminate.
EXTERMINE
EXTERM'INE, verb transitive To exterminate. [Not used.]
EXTERN
EXTERN', adjective [Latin externus. External; outward; visible.1. Without itself; not inherent; not intrinsic. [Little used.]