Obs. [f. L. expans- ppl. stem of expandĕre to EXPAND. The pa. pple. prob. originated before the vb. as ad. L. expans-us: see -ED1.] trans. = EXPAND v. 1, 3.
1477. Norton, Ord. Alch., v. in Ashm. (1652), 62. In Winter men eaten more meate Than in Summer, when expansed is their heate.
1600. Fairfax, Tasso, III. lv. 50. A gentle valley … expansed faire and wide.
1610. Guillim, Heraldry, III. xx. (1611), 156. A swan with her wings expansed.
1615. G. Sandys, Trav., 121. After they had … closed their iawes; which they expanse against the rays of the Sun.
1643. Sir T. Browne, Relig. Med., I. § 16 (1656), 30. Nature … that lies expans’d unto the eyes of all.
1642. J. Jackson, Bk. Conscience, 140. God enlargeth and expanseth the hearts of his Saints.
1661. Morgan, Sph. Gentry, I. ii. 17. I shall refer Books born in arms, if open blazoned expansed, if shut clasped.
1705. Hearne, Collect., 12 Dec. A Book Expansed in Fesse.
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Expansed (in Heraldry), displayed, or set out.
1721–1800. in Bailey.
