PROTENSIVE


Meaning of PROTENSIVE in English

— protensively , adv.

/proh ten"siv/ , adj. Archaic.

extended in dimension or extended in time.

[ 1635-45; protens ( us ) (ptp. of protendere to PROTEND) + -IVE, on the model of EXTENSIVE, INTENSIVE, etc. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .