Extend

·vt To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand.

II. Extend ·vt To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors.

III. Extend ·vt To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.

IV. Extend ·vt To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

V. Extend ·vt To Bestow; to Offer; to Impart; to Apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering.

VI. Extend ·vt To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to Expand; to Spread; to Amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them.

VII. Extend ·vt To Enlarge; to Widen; to carry out further; as, to extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to Lengthen; to Prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or a season of trail.