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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Extent

/ĭk-stĕnt'/ · Ex·tent · IPA /ɪkˈstɛnt/
01 a. Extended.
  1. 1.
    Extended.[Obs.]
02 n. Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent …
  1. 1.
    Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity.
    “Life in its large extent is scare a span.” — Cotton.
  2. 2.
    Degree; measure; proportion.
  3. 3.
    A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment.(Eng. Law)