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(intransitive) To increase in extent.
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(intransitive) To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
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(transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
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(transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
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(transitive) To straighten (a limb).
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(transitive) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
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To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
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(UK, law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
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(object-oriented programming) Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
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(intransitive, US, military) To reenlist for a further period.