protensive
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of protensive
1635–45; < Latin protēns ( us ) (past participle of protendere to protend ) + -ive, on the model of extensive, intensive, etc.
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Happiness is the satisfaction of all our desires; extensive, in regard to their multiplicity; intensive, in regard to their degree; and protensive, in regard to their duration.
From The Critique of Pure Reason by John Miller Dow Meiklejohn
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