expansed en · ADJ
Etymology
From expanse + -ed.
Meanings
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(obsolete) Spread wide; outspread in a way that is open to observation.
Thus there are two Books from whence I collect my Divinity; besides that written one of God, another of his servant Nature, that universal and publick Manuscript, that lies expans'd unto the Eyes of all […].
1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, I.16:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most expansed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more expansed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |