Obs. [aphetic form of EXTEND v.]

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  1.  trans. To assess: = EXTEND v. 10.

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1402.  Pol. Poems (Rolls), II. 80. Thus prelatis and persouns aftir her state, ben stended to paien what that nede askith.

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  2.  To erect (a tent). = STENT v.1 1.

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1594.  Batt. Balrinness, in Scot. Poems 16th C., II. 351. Besyd that castell, on a croft They stended pallionis ther.

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