1. to stretch or strain tight Pass., δίφρος ἱμᾶσιν ἐντέταται is hung on tight-stretched straps , (Iliad by Homer); γέφυραι ἐντεταμέναι a bridge with the mooring-cables made taught , (Herdotus Historicus); ἐντεταμένου τοῦ σώματος being braced up , (Plato Philosophus) 2. to stretch a bow tight , i. e. string it for shooting (compare ἐντανύω); (Euripides); so in Mid. to string one's bow, (Euripides):—;Pass., τόξα ἐντεταμένα bows ready strung , (Herdotus Historicus) 3. ἐντείνειν ναῦν ποδί to keep a ship's sail taught by the sheet, (Euripides) 4. to tie tight , (Euripides) 5. metaphorically to strain, exert :—;so in Mid., φωνὴν ἐντεινάμενος (Aeschines Orator); ἐντεινάμενοι τὴν ἁρμονίαν pitching the tune high , (Aristophanes Comicus):—;and in Pass., ἐντεινόμενος, on the stretch, eager , (Xenophon Historicus) 6. to carry on vigorously , (Plutarch) 7. so intransitive in Act. to exert oneself, be vehement , (Euripides) 8. to stretch out at or against , πληγὴν ἐντείνειν τινί, Lat. plagam intendere, to lay a blow on him, (Xenophon Historicus) 9. to put into verse , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)