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reëxtended

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See also: reextended and re-extended

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reëxtended

  1. simple past and past participle of reëxtend
    • 1881: p37 of Spain by Wilhelmina W. Cady — translatrix of:
    • 1880, Edmondo de Amicis, Spain and the Spaniards[1], page 37:
      While immersed in these thoughts, my eyes fell upon her hand, — it was a small white hand, and I thought it seemed to move; I look more closely, and see that it stretches itself slowly out of the sleeve, spreads the fingers, and rests a little forward on the knee so that it hangs down, and it turns a little to one side, is gathered in and reëxtended again.
    • DATE UNKNOWN (PERHAPS 1902–1912): Philippines Bureau of Customs, Chinese and Immigration Circulars (Annotated) … Constructions and…, p65
      The certificate above referred to is found to be granted under section 6 of the act of Congress of July 5, 1884, which, by the act of May 5, 1892, was extended for ten years, and reëxtended for a further period of ten years by the recent act of April 29, 1902.
    • 1913, Philippines Legislature, Philippine Commission, Journal of the Philippine Commission[2], page 483:
      It is believed that there is now more interest in the subject of acquiring good land titles and that if this privilege were reëxtended it would now be taken advantage of by a large number of persons.