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Definition of Overextends
1. overextend [v] - See also: overextend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overextends
Literary usage of Overextends
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Orthopaedic Surgery by Royal Whitman (1919)
"The patient lying extended in the prone position, places the palms of the hands
on the hips and "looks at the ceiling," overextends the spine as much as ..."
2. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1921)
"The arm has either been slung by the wrist, which becomes palmar flexed, or a
straight splint has been applied which overextends the fingers and palmar ..."
3. E-learning in Tertiary Education: Where Do We Stand? by OECD Staff, SourceOECD (Online service), SourceOECD (2005)
"Whether this view overextends the notion of the “core”, and may foster long-term
inefficiencies, is open to discussion. ..."
4. Rousseau and Romanticism by Irving Babbitt (1919)
"... the man who overextends himself. He is ripening for Nemesis. " Nothing too much."
"Think as a mortal." "The half is better than the whole. ..."
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