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We establish a systematic method for extending Brown functors from finite directed graphs to arbitrary directed graphs using inverse limits over finite subdigraphs. We prove that this extension is well-defined and preserves essential functorial properties. Additionally, we provide an alternative characterization of this extension through the Yoneda lemma, demonstrating how extended Brown functors can be naturally identified with sets of natural transformations from representable functors. 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