Obs. [f. L. expans- ppl. stem of expandĕre to EXPAND + -URE.] a. The process of expanding; expansion. b. = EXPANSE sb. 1.
1606. Chapman, Hero & Leander, V. All your parts employ, And suit Night’s rich expansure with your joy.
1606. Sir G. Goosecappe, IV. iii. in Bullen, O. Pl., III. 70. My immortall part admits expansure.
1611. Chapman, Iliad, XVII. 317/244. Such expansure of his beames, he [the Sun] thrust out of his throne.
