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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin extensus.
Noun
extense (plural extenses)
- (obsolete) extent; expanse
1795, Emanuel Swedenborg, True Christian Religion:[…] for God is not extended, but yet is every where in all Extense […]
1859, Thomas Lake Harris, The Herald of Light, volume 4, page 185: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.
Adjective
extense (comparative more extense, superlative most extense)
- (obsolete) Outreaching; expansive; extended, superficially or otherwise.
Usage notes
- May still be encountered in Indian English translations.
Latin
Participle
extēnse
- vocative masculine singular of extēnsus
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