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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

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.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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