Middle English Dictionary Entry
extenden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | extenden v. Ppl. extent, extended. |
| Etymology | L extend-ere, ppl. extent-um. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. extented.
1.
To extend (something) in space: (a) lengthen, prolong; lay or lie lengthwise; (b) straighten (a finger), extend (a limb); raise (an arm, a sword); extenden up; (c) stretch, make taut or tense; also, torture; (d) train (vines); (e) spread (salve); (f) fig. spread (fame).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)104b/b : Þer was extent or streched a borde [L extendebatur mensa].
- c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn.(Sln 2464)2951 : Eeyen longe and extendid visage Signe be of malice and Envye.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.319 : Some [bestes] on þeire body strecchyng and extent, Crepyng vpon þeire brestes done þei sliden.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)1983 : His wynge he muste extende.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.461 : Flemere of feendes out of hym and here On which thy lymes feithfully extenden.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)856 : Oure kynge..Wyth swerde drawen, bryght, sharp and extente.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)49/187 : Extende þin hand in no degre. I bydde þou hym not kylle.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.447 : Titus..extendede his hondes up towarde heven.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)7.201 : Fyndynge þe rynge taken awey and the fynger extente [Trev.: strecched out].
c
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)120/33 : Þe senewes craked whan þei be-gunne to extende hem-self.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.211 : When the wire extendede on a holowe body is distreynede diametrally.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)129/21 : He schuld be put on a rakke and there to be extended and drawen out þe body.
d
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.140 : In londis drie and hoot no vyne extende.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.290 : Vines..To longe or brode, vptrailed or extendid.
e
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)102a/b : Laye þeron an emplastre..extended .i. spred on a cloth.
f
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.113 : Þogh a man delite His name to be dilated and extent.
2.
(a) To have a certain extent in space, to reach or run (to a certain point); -- also pass. and refl.; (b) to have a certain scope or range; of a disease: ?to take a certain course.
Associated quotations
a
- (1449) in Willis & C.Cambridge 210 : The wich howses extenden in lenketh from the hall in to the hei way.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)14/35 : Fossh extendithe hym fro þe sowþe-weste yn to the norþe-est..endynge at the ende of Scotlonde.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.53 : The latitude of hit [the Mediterranean] is extente [L expanditur] in to v m'passes.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.85 : Carmania..is extendede in longitude from the see Caspius vn to the Redde see.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.331 : The yle of Irlonde, after Briteyne moste extendede in to the northe.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.123 : That londe [Canaan] is myȝhty..extendenge hit [L extendens se] to the Redde see.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) Ctn.(Hrl 2261)514 : Gownes with longe pokus..so longe that they were extente unto the grownde.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)28b/a : Herisipila..as flegmon..al comonly þai extende or strecch þam selfe [L communiter se extendant].
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.104 : Þe wiche þinges..where-vpon ȝoure power is extent.
3.
To lengthen or extend (a period of time); to continue (to do something).
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.93 : Some of þaym..extended to drynkynges nere honde unto day lyȝt.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)161a/a : [Galen] extendit it [i.e. time for treatment] to autumpne.
4.
Of funds, income, etc.: (a) to be adequate or sufficient; (b) to amount (to a certain sum).
Associated quotations
a
- (1432) Will York in Sur.Soc.3020 : To amend ye defawtes in ye said brigges, als ferr als yair gudes wyll extendd.
- (1440) Visit.Alnwick3.350b : As ferre as the revenues of your house wylle extende.
- (1454) Paston2.311 : Mo persons..waytyng uppon them than thayr lyvelode wold extende.
b
- (1429) RParl.4.346a : The summe of money, to the wheche the value of the Corne, Marchaundises, Godes and Catelles extende.
- (1465) Let.Christ Ch.in RS 85.3240 : The residewe of the verray valoure of the seid chyrch and vikerage extendith scarsly to the sume of v mark by the yere.
5.
(a) To aim at, strive for, or tend toward (a certain purpose or goal); (b) to bestow (mercy); to vent (malice).
Associated quotations
a
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)267 : Þei sie what eende he extendiþ and wherto he laboriþ.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.196 : If þere may be founde..O thing to wiche alle othere ben extended [Chaucer: tenden and hyen to], Of alle good þis moste be souereyn.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)111 : Vortimer..that to knighthode did extende.
b
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)358/85 : Myn habundaunt mercy on here I extende.
6.
Law Of an act, ordinance, etc.: to have a certain range of application, to be applicable.
Associated quotations
- (1423) RParl.4.258b : That this ordinaunce extende also as will within Citees and Burghs..as in Countees aforeseid.
- (1450) RParl.5.189a : Except, that the seide Petition or Act of Resumption, strecche not nor extende to the graunt made by us to the Dean and Chanons.
- (1454) GRed Bk.Bristolpt.2 p.49 : Provided all wey that this acte shall nott extende to any burgeyses son.
7.
Law (a) To survey, evaluate, assess (property) for the purpose of taxation; also, to estimate the value of (something); (b) to impose (a tax), to tax (someone); (c) ?to seize (property by legal process). [Cp. extenten.]
Associated quotations
a
- [ (c1290) Britton 2 (Lamb 403)67 : Estendre totes les terres. ]
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.202 : Now wille kyng R. alle his lond extende, Merschalle & stiward þerfor about dos sende.
- c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22)26 : The ringis of golde..were extendid and mesurid to the quantite of mesure of xij quarters or more.
- a1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)43 : Let youre landis be extendide by wyse men sworne and se what euery parcell þer off may be worthe in a yere.
b
- (a1443) *Pet.Chanc.PRO ser.CP 1 file 12no.198 : The Quene is tenantez mowe not rere among thaym thaire quantite of Knyghteȝ pens..ne of the quinȝisme vppon thaym taxed & extent aftyr vsage.
- a1525(?1429) Cov.Leet Bk.118 : Also the murage be nowe extent be avyse of the mair, and that they þat haue lande pay for their lande; and they that haue non, that they be extent.
c
- (1472) RParl.6.4b : Londes and tenementes, Rentes..which eny persone..holdeth..by any manere execution by any Statute or Recovery extended.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: In sense 2.(b), the gloss for the Chauliac(1) quot. is probably incorrect. In strecchen v., the Chauliac(2) version of the quot. is in sense 4.(b), cited as ~ communeli refl. of terms: ?overlap; ?be used broadly.--MP