English

Verb

reëxtended

1. simple past tense and past participle of reëxtend
   • 1881: p37 of Spain by Wilhelmina W. Cady — translatrix of:
   • 1880: Edmondo de Amicis, Spain and the Spaniards, p37

     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, p483

     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.