Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EX-PANS'IVE
EX-PAN'SION-CURBEX-PANS'IVE-NESS
EX-PANS'IVE, a. [Fr.]
- Having the power to expand, to spread, or to dilate; as, the expansive force of heat or fire. Gregory.
- Having the capacity of being expanded; as, the expansive quality of air; the expansive atmosphere. Thomson.
- Widely extended; as, expansive benevolence.
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