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From Middle English extenden, from Anglo-Norman extendre, estendre, from Latin extendō (“to stretch out”).

intransitive To increase in extent.
intransitive To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space. The desert extended for miles in all directions.
transitive To cause to increase in extent.
transitive To cause to last for a longer period of time.
transitive To straighten (a limb).
transitive To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply. to extend sympathy to the suffering
To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions. There's little stew left, but we can always extend it by adding more potatoes.
UK To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class. The classes Person and Dog extend the class Animal.
US, intransitive To reenlist for a further period. Two years later, back to amtracs, this time at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, and I liked it so much I extended.