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expansive (adj.)
1650s, "tending to expand," from Latin
expans-
, past participle stem of
expandere
"to spread out" (see
expand
) +
-ive
. Meaning "embracing a large number of particulars, comprehensive" is by 1813. Related:
Expansively
;
expansiveness
.