Meanings
nounextense (plural extenses)
plural extenses
- obsoleteextent; expanse
[…] for God is not extended, but yet is every where in all Extense […]
1795, Emanuel Swedenborg, True Christian Religion1 more example
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
adjectiveextense (comparative more extense, superlative most extense)
comparative more extense · superlative most extense
- obsoleteOutreaching; expansive; extended, superficially or otherwise.
Origin
- Latinextensus
- Englishextense
Borrowed from Latin extensus.
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extense. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extense
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Chicago
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