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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expanse \Ex*panse"\, v. t.
To expand. [Obs.]
That lies expansed unto the eyes of all --Sir. T.
Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expanse \Ex*panse"\, n. [From L. expansus p. p. of expandere.
See {Expand}.]
That which is expanded or spread out a wide extent of space
or body; especially, the arch of the sky. ``The green
expanse.'' --Savage.
Lights . . . high in the expanse of heaven. --Milton.
The smooth expanse of crystal lakes. --Pope.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
expanse
n 1: a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains" [syn: {sweep}]
2: the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a
boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500
square feet in area" [syn: {area}, {surface area}]
3: a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky
[syn: {extent}]
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