Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EX-SUS-CI-TA'TION, n.

A stirring up; a rousing. [Not used.] Hallywell.

EX'TANCE, n. [L. extans.]

Outward existence. [Not used.] Brown.

EX'TAN-CY, n. [L. exstans, extans, standing out, from exsto; ex and sto, to stand.]

1. The state of rising above others.
2. Parts rising above the rest; opposed to depression. [Little used.] Boyle.

EX'TANT, a. [L. exstans, extans, supra.]

1. Standing out or above any surface; protruded. That part of the teeth which is extant above the gums. Ray. A body partly immersed in fluid and partly extant. Bentley.
2. In being; now subsisting; not suppressed, destroyed, or lost. A part only of the history of Livy, and of the writings of Cicero, is now extant. Socrates wrote much, but none of his writings are extant. The extant works of orators and philosophers. Mitford.

EX'TA-SY, or EX'TAT-IC, n. [or a. See ECSTASY, or ECSTATIC.]

EX-TEM'PO-RAL, a. [L. extemporalis; ex and tempus, time.]

1. Made or uttered at the moment, without premeditation; as, an extemporal discourse. Hooker. Wotton.
2. Speaking without premeditation. B. Jonson. Instead of this word, extemporaneous and extemporary are now used.

EX-TEM'PO-RAL-LY, adv.

Without premeditation. Shak.

EX-TEM-PO-RA'NE-AN, a. [Not used. See Extemporaneous.]

EX-TEM-PO-RA'NE-OUS, a. [L. extemporaneus; ex and tempus, time.]

Composed, performed or uttered at the time the subject occurs, without previous study; unpremeditated; as, an extemporaneous address; an extemporaneous production; an extemporaneous prescription.

EX-TEM-PO-RA'NE-OUS-LY, adv.

Without previous study.

EX-TEM-PO-RA'NE-OUS-NESS, n.

The quality of being unpremeditated.

EX-TEM'PO-RA-RI-LY, adv.

Without previous study.

EX-TEM'PO-RA-RY, a. [L. ex and temporarius, from tempus, time.]

Composed, performed or uttered without previous study a preparation. [See Extemporaneous.]

EX-TEM'PO-RE, adv. [extem'pory; L. abl.]

1. Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; suddenly; as, to write or speak extempore.
2. It is used as an adjective, improperly, at least without necessity; as, an extempore dissertation. Addison.

EX-TEM'PO-RI-NESS, n.

The state of being unpremeditated; the state of being composed, performed or uttered without previous study. Johnson.

EX-TEM'PO-RIZE, v.i.

1. To speak extempore; to speak without previous study or preparation. To extemporize well requires a ready mind well furnished with knowledge.
2. To discourse without notes or written composition.

EX-TEM'PO-RIZ-ER, n.

One who speaks without previous study, or without written composition.

EX-TEM'PO-RIZ-ING, ppr.

Speaking without previous study or preparation by writing. The extemporizing faculty is never more out of its element than in the pulpit. South.

EX-TEND', v.i.

To stretch; to reach; to be continued in length or breadth. The state of Massachusetts extends west to the border of the state of New York. Connecticut river extends from Canada to the Sound. How far will your argument or proposition extend? Let our charities extend to the heathen.

EX-TEND', v.t. [L. extendo; ex and tendo, from Gr. τεινω, L. teneo; Fr. etendre; It. stendere; Sp. extender; Arm. astenna; W. estyn, from tynu, to pull, or tyn, a pull, a stretch.]

1. To stretch in any direction; to carry forward, or continue in length, as a line; to spread in breadth; to expand or dilate in size. The word is particularly applied to length and breadth. We extend lines in surveying; we extend road, limits, bounds; we extend metal plates by hammering.
2. To stretch; to reach forth; as, to extend the arm or hand.
3. To spread; to expand; to enlarge; to widen; as, to extend the capacities, or intellectual powers; to extend the sphere of usefulness; to extend commerce.
4. To continue; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment; to extend the season of trial.
5. To communicate; to bestow on; to use or exercise toward. He hath extended mercy to me before the king. Ezra vii.
6. To impart; to yield or give. I will extend peace to her like a river. Is. lxvi.
7. In law, to value lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; or to levy on lands, as an execution. The execution was delivered to the sherif, who extended the same of certain real estate. Mass. Rep.

EXTEND'ED, pp.

Stretched; spread; expanded; enlarged; bestowed on; communicated; valued under a writ of extendi facies; levied.

EX-TEND'ER, n.

He or that which extends or stretches.

EX-TEND'I-BLE, a.

1. Capable of being extended; that may be stretched, extended, enlarged, widened or expanded.
2. That may be taken by a writ of extent and valued.

EX-TEND'ING, ppr.

Stretching; reaching; continuing in length; spreading; enlarging; valuing.

EX-TEND'LESS-NESS, n.

Unlimited extension. [Not used.] Hale.