ppl. a. Obs. [f. prec. + -ED1.] Outspread; having a wide expanse or stretch. (See ppl. uses in prec.)
1627–77. Feltham, Resolves, I. xv. 26. Let him view th’ expansed skies.
1664. Power, Exp. Philos., I. 7. Who does not admire the variegated diversity of colours in her [the Butterfly’s] expansed wings?
1675. Cocker, Morals, 20. God Essence gave to Heav’ns Expansed Frame.
