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Show E BOX 2 tin.] Uttered or performed without premeditation ; fudden quick "This cuffom was begun by our anceftors out o an ambition of (hewing their extemporary ability o fpeaking upon any fubje&. More's Divine Dialog poflibility hefitations perpetua on withou to g Soift rary expletives 3 Withou premeditation You may do it extempore ¢ for it is but roaring Shakefp Nothing great ought to be ventured upon withou preparation; but, above all, how fottifh 1, it to engoge extempore, where the concern is eternity 2 South Dryden A fruitlefs toil, and liv'(t extempore 2. It is fometimes ufed as an adjeive, bu very improperly I have known a woman branch out into a long exAzl}ldbi{ zerepore diflertation upon a petticoat [fro 2z / Exri/MPOoRINESS extempore. The faculty of fpeaking or acting without premeditation; the ftate of being unpremeditated To ExTE'MPORIZE. v, 2. [from extempore. To {peak extempore or without preme ditation The extemporizing faculty is never more out o its element than in the pulpit; though even here it is much more excufable in a fermon than in prayer South's Sermons «. a To EXTE/ND [extendo, Latin. See the figure of his lifelefs friend his old fire his helplefs hand exzend Dyyden and exzends his hands Pope Should'ring God's altar a vile image ftands Belies his features 2. To amplify: oppofed to contrad Tt is {ufferable in any to ufe what liberty they lif in their own manner of writing; but the contrattin and exzending the lines and fenfe of others woul appear a thanklefs office Watton. 3. 'Fo {pread abroad; to diffufe; to expand H muc -magnifies the capacity o ftanding, who perfuade hi under himfeif that he can exten his thoughts farther than God exifts, or imagine an expanfion where he is not 4. To widen to a large comprehenfion Few exten knowledge thei thought toward Locke univerfa Locke 3. 'To ftretch into aflignable dimenfions t make local; to magnify fo as to fill fom affignable fpace The mind, fay they,l while you fuftai To hold her ftation in the brain You grant, at leaft fhe is extended Ergo the whole difpute is ended Prior If much you note him and exzend his paffion Shakefpeare's Macketh The eyes of Tobit carrying in themfelves fom adtion of their own, were additionally promoted b that power which can exzend their natures into ptoof effects beyon create Brown' efficiencics Vu!gm‘ Errours 8. To enlarge the comprehenfion of any po{ition _Seeing it s not fet dow t ExTe'Nsor. 7 / b Not ufed And fain'd to wafh themfelves inceflantly If I mea how far the bounds o %iis fpecch concerning diffimilitude xeach, who ga To juft extent over all Ifrael's fons 2. Bulk compafs Of huge extent fometimes Lilta Ariana, of Darius' race Thatrul'd th' extent of Afia 3. Communication diftribution Glover An emperour of Rome Troubled, confronted thus, and for th" extent Of equal juftice us'd with fuch contempt 4. Execution Sbakl‘p feizure Let my officer Make an exrent upon his houfe and land And turn him going. clean.sh data import.tsv out README Shake/peare's As you likeit 7o EXTE'NUATE. . 4. [extenuo, Latin 1. 'To leflen; to make {fmall or flenderi bulk His body behind his head becomes broad, fIO{ whenceit is again extenxated all-the way to the til of fulnefs of meat, efpe Grew's Mufeym which caufeth an extenfion of th Bacon 2. T All reft fatisfied at the poftures of moderation and none endure the extremity of flexure or externJion Brown leflen to diminifh in any quality To perfif In doing wrong, exzenuates not wrong Shakef[peare But makes it much more heavy But fortune there exzenuates the crime What's vice in me, is‘only mirthin him. 1.?1')/1!_" the waters, doth agree to th Burnet 3. 'To leffen; to degrade honour By this idea of folidity is the extenfion of bod diftinguithed from the extenfion of fpace: the exzenfion of body being nothing but the cohefion o continuity of folid, feparable, moveable parts; an the extenfion of fpace, the continuity of unfolid infeparable, and immoveable parts Locke to diminifh i Righteous are thy decrees on all thy works Who Dc:m extenuate thee Mifton's Paradife L 4. Toleflen in reprefentation; to palliate oppofite to aggravare ExTr'NstoNAL. adj. [from extenfion.] Lon having'great extent run into thefe extenfional phantafins, whic quic More 1. Wide; large I would not be underftood to recommend to all purfuit of thofe f{ciences, to thofe extenfive length to which the moderns have advanced them. Haris., Not ufed fize Milton "The ferpent, fubtleft beaft of all the ficld ExTe/NstBLENESS. 2. /. [from extenfible. Capacity of being extended Exton'sioN. z /. [from extenfio, Latin. 1. The at of extending 2. 'The ftate of being extended 2. ‘That may be extended to reig David's true heir, and his full fceptre fwa That love is blind, is exten/ible beyond the obje of poetry Glanville ExTe'Ns1VE, adf. [extenfivus, Latin, Spenfer Exte'swT1. 2 f. [extentus, Latin. 1. Space or degree to which any thing is ex tended comprehenfion th Above the water were on high extent [from extenfible. 1 look upon as contemptuoufly, as upo wrigglings up and down of pifmires Both his hands moft filthy feculent 2, Capable of being extended to a large Yo ‘The mufcle b EXTE/NT. participle from extend, Extended The malleous being fixed to an extenftble membrane, follows the traction-of the muicle, and. i drawn inward Hulder drawn out [Latin. Ray on the Creation Arbuthnot and Pope's Mart, Serip ExXTe/NSIBLE. adj. [extenfio, Latin. cially in children flomach lance of ftrength in the extenfurs of the neck In what manner they are mixed, fo as to give fibre extenfibility, who can fay? Grew's Cof. Saera hiccough comet dilatabil Extenfors are muicles fo called, which ferve t extend any part Quingy Civil people had the flexors of the head v ftrong; but in the infolent there was a great oyerba 'The quality of being extenfible Th gl:-v‘T .fln fwuew' which any Iimb is extended Certain moleculz feminales muft keep the worl from an infinitude and extendleffnefs "of excurfian every moment into new figures and animals Ha/e ‘2 [ of the wonderfu ger than my little inger found; but, I think, withlittle propriety ExTeNsIBULITY Ha I myfelf bave taken two entire adult mice out.oi the ftomach of an adder, whofe neck was not bic 2. That may be feized by law EXTE'NDLESSNESS, 7 /. [from extend.] Unlimited extenfion. In this fenfe it is onc antediluvian earth 7. To encreafe by force or duration fiuéfio capabl extenfivencfs of the throats and gullets })aftale:;};,(:‘ Tubes, recently made ot fluids, are eafily lengthened; fuch as have often fuffered force, grow rigid and hardly extendible Arbuthnot extenfion of it abov "T'o Helen's bed the gods alone aflig Hermione t' extend the regal line Pope's Odyfey ¥eed and regard him not made wider or longer SR widenefs fo have we.to We take notic adj. [from extend. of -extention 7 2. Pofkbility to be extended Th.\_s foundation of the earth upon the waters, o 6. Yo enlarge ; to continue You fhall offend him Capabl An extenfrvencfs of underftanding an a larg memory are of fervice Watts's Logich 1. Capable of being ftretched into length o breadth 1, To ftretch out towards any part An Pfalms The extenfion made, the extenders are to be loofened gently wif 1 ;,:‘; we haye r;a[ion to admire the excelle cy o nefs of the bene'fit ExXTe'NDER, 7. /. [from extend.] The perfon or inftrument by which any thing i extended ExTe/NDIBLE 7 /i [from extenfive, diffufivenefs this contrivance The bignefs of fuch a church ought to be n greater than that unto which the voice ofa preache of a middling lungs can eafily extend Graunt Haft thou no mark at which to bend thy bow Or, like a boy, purfw'it the carrion-cro With pellets and with ftones from tree tq tree h'A to any di My gocdnefs extendeth not to thee previous care or pre an dily ; withou paration reac ftance rea {uddenly 1. Largenefs Or which you like beft, int' your hands, Hxdibras [ex tempore, Latin. ado EXTE'MPORE ExTe/Ns1vENESS And put her perfon, goods or lands T it th f circumitances, and furveying them comparing and balancing z'hc;n all ari;}izwwly 'i/;? And if it judge upon your fide Will foon exzend her for your bride w. 2 fro ffible for any to pafs a 1 cgncern{)l(ng them, g'i{hout entering in toght judgemeng moft o The law, that fettles all you do And marries where you did but woo 79 ExTe/Np " adv Widelys taspelyiich *"T'is imp 10.. To {eize by courfe of law They write in fo diminutive a manner, with fuc fr(rqu-:‘x't interlineations, that they are hardly -abl extenpo EXTE/NSIVELY Let there be none to extend mercy unto him, Pfal Glanv o extenfive under the hammer. 9. To impart; to communicate another reputed im i intercourfe extemporar a A Silver beaters chufe R the fineft cojn a is mof affureus that it extendeth farther than to thofe thing only wherein the nations were idolatrous2 Haoker That men fhould confer at very diftant remo When you fhall thefe unh;lcky deeds rel,ite Speak of me, as I am: nothing exzenual Shake[p. Otbe{)la N}:n' fet down aught in malice a o httl denie h nati exam Upon hi wherewith he was charged, nor endeavoured mu to excufe or extesuate his fault; fo that, nat VFTf)' :n co b lef offen hi mak t in thin wifel fion, he made it enough for condemnation. Ba Yet hear me, Sampfon, not that I endeavou‘x't M{ To leflen or externuate my offence .5, To make lean 1‘6. To make rare: oppofed to denf |