Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Drawn out in one dimension; extended; stretching forward.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Drawn out; extended.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Drawn out;
extended .
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I have never in my career, Howard, seen networks, magazine, newspapers -- just throw aside any protensive objectivity.
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I have never in my career, Howard, seen networks, magazine, newspapers -- just throw aside any protensive objectivity.
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Happiness is the satisfaction of all our desires; extensive, in regard to their multiplicity; intensive, in regard to their degree; and protensive, in regard to their duration.
The Critique of Pure Reason Immanuel Kant 1764
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