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expand
early 15c., "spread out, spread flat," from Anglo-Fr.
espaundre
, from L.
expandere
"to spread out," from
ex-
"out" +
pandere
"to spread." Sense of "grow larger" first recorded 1640s. Related:
Expanded
;
expanding
.
