Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

extense en · ADJ

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extensus.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Outreaching; expansive; extended, superficially or otherwise.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more extense Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most extense Degree=Sup lexicographic

extense en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extensus.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) extent; expanse
    • […] for God is not extended, but yet is every where in all Extense […] 1795, Emanuel Swedenborg, True Christian Religion:
    • Nor canst thou cleave the crystal heaven To gather joys from thence; As fits thy life to thee is given The ocean's drear extense. 1859, Thomas Lake Harris, The Herald of Light, volume 4, page 185:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
extenses Number=Plur lexicographic