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extense

extense noun: extent; expanse.

Noun

extense (plural extenses)

  1. (obsolete) extent; expanse
    • […] for God is not extended, but yet is every where in all Extense […]1795, Emanuel Swedenborg, True Christian Religion
    • Nor canst thou cleave the crystal heaven
      To gather joys from thence;
      As fits thy life to thee is given
      The ocean's drear extense.1859, Thomas Lake Harris, The Herald of Light, volume 4, page 185

Adjective

extense (comparative more extense, superlative most extense)

  1. (obsolete) Outreaching; expansive; extended, superficially or otherwise.

Forms of extense

Noun
pluralextenses
Adjective
comparativemore extense
superlativemost extense

Origin of extense

Borrowed from Latin extensus.

Questions about extense

What does extense mean?
Extense means extent; expanse.
What part of speech is extense?
Extense can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of extense?
The plural of extense is extenses.

Words near extense in the dictionary

  1. extending a hand
  2. extending one's hand
  3. extends
  4. extends a hand
  5. extends one's hand
  6. extense
  7. extenses
  8. extensibilities
  9. extensibility
  10. extensible
  11. Extensible Markup Language

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