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Extent
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
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. 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.
4. A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Extended. [Obs.] Spenser.