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in extenso

American  
[in eks-ten-soh, in ik-sten-soh] / ɪn ɛksˈtɛn soʊ, ɪn ɪkˈstɛn soʊ /

adverb

Latin.
  1. at full length.


in extenso British  
/ ɪn ɪkˈstɛnsəʊ /

adverb

  1. at full length

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The impression of ordinariness is reinforced by his chatty letters to Knightley, which are cited in extenso.

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In the advanced course we shall have to return to this subject, and shall there refer in extenso to the views of the Stoics.

From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix

It is given in extenso for the sake of the history and reminiscences embodied in it.

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.

I omitted to ask if it can be explained why Myler Magrath, in his letter of 24th June, 1592, given in extenso by Father Meehan in Duffy's Hib.

From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, May 1865 by

Nor do I feel called upon to incur the expense of reproducing in extenso the evidence on which the Commissioners based their recommendations.

From Remarks on the practice and policy of lending Bodleian printed books and manuscripts by Chandler, Henry W.

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