- 1. a. Extended. Source: opted
- 2. n. Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity. Source: opted
- 3. n. Degree; measure; proportion. Source: opted
- 4. n. A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment. Source: opted
- 5. n. A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor. Source: opted
- 6. n. the point or degree to which something extends Source: wordnet
- 7. n. the distance or area or volume over which something extends Source: wordnet
- 8. Extended. [Obs.] Spenser. 1. Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity. Life in its large extent is scare a span. Cotton. 2. Degree; measure; proportion. "The extent to which we can make ourselves what we wish to be." Lubbock. 3. (Eng. Law) (a) A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment. (b) A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor. Source: webster
- 9. Extended. [Obs.] Spenser. Source: adambom
- 10. n:100 n. the point or degree to which something extends n. the distance or area or volume over which something extends Source: ecdict
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