Definition of extent

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Extent (n.) A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment..

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Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish..
Comprehensibly :: Comprehensibly (adv.) With great extent of signification; comprehensively.
Widely :: Widely (adv.) Very much; to a great degree or extent; as, to differ widely in opinion..
Area :: Area (n.) The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle..
Cellulose :: Cellulose (n.) The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, isomeric with starch, and is convertible into starches and sugars by the action of heat and acids. When pure, it is a white amorphous mass. See Starch, Granulose, Lignin..
Extend :: Extend (v. t.) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent..
Spot :: Spot (n.) A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.
Fall :: Fall (n.) Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a fall of five feet..
District :: District (n.) Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.
Habendum :: Habendum (n.) That part of a deed which follows the part called the premises, and determines the extent of the interest or estate granted; -- so called because it begins with the word Habendum..
Definitive :: Definitive (n.) A word used to define or limit the extent of the signification of a common noun, such as the definite article, and some pronouns..
Containment :: Containment (n.) That which is contained; the extent; the substance.
Whirlwind :: Whirlwind (n.) A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion..
Bound :: Bound (n.) The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which something is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary..
Muchness :: Muchness (n.) Greatness; extent.
Wide :: Wide (adv.) To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide..
Narrowly :: Narrowly (adv.) Without much extent; contractedly.
Moderately :: Moderately (adv.) In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent.
Pouter :: Pouter (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for the extent to which it is able to dilate its throat and breast.
Saturation :: Saturation (n.) The act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent..
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