Extensive
Translation- Extensive
- Extensive Ex*ten"sive, a. [L. extensivus: cf. F. extensif. See
{Extend}.]
1. Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded;
large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm;
an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations;
extensive benevolence; extensive greatness.
[1913 Webster]
2. Capable of being extended. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Silver beaters choose the finest coin, as that which is most extensive under the hammer. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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