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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Expand \Ex*pand"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expanded}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Expanding}.] [L. expandere, expansum; ex out + pandere to
     spread out, to throw open; perh. akin to E. patent. Cf.
     {Spawn}.]
     1. To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to
        diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.
  
              Then with expanded wings he steers his flight.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     2. To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or
        stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of
        substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to
        distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to
        {contract}; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all
        bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.
  
     3. (Math.) To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to
        expand an equation. See {Expansion}, 5.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  expanded
       adj : increased in extent or size or bulk or scope [ant: {contracted}]

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