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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + tendō.
Pronunciation
Verb
extendō (present infinitive extendere, perfect active extendī, supine extentum); third conjugation
- to stretch or thrust out
- to extend, prolong or continue
- Synonyms: distendō, porrigō, pandō, prōlongō, prōtrahō, trahō, prōferō, explicō
- to enlarge or increase
- Synonyms: ampliō, adaugeō, multiplicō, augeō, amplificō, accumulō
- Antonyms: diminuō, minuō, dēminuō, imminuō, tenuō, corripiō
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References
- “extendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “extendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- extendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to enlarge the boundaries of a kingdom: fines (imperii) propagare, extendere, (longius) proferre
- extendo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Verb
extendo
- first-person singular present indicative of extender