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Lengthen
LENGTH'EN, v.t. length'n.
1. To extend in length; to make longer; to elongate; as, to lengthen a line.
2. To draw out or extend in time; to protract; to continue in duration; as, to lengthen life. The days lengthen from December to June.
3. To extend; as, to lengthen a discourse or a dissertation.
4. To draw out in pronunciation; as, to lengthen a sound or a syllable. This verb is often followed by out, which may be sometimes emphatical, but in general is useless.
What if I please to lengthen out his date?
LENGTH'EN, v.i. To grow longer; to extend in length. A hempen rope contracts when wet, and lengthens when dry.
lengthen appears in definitions for these words:
Addition Angle Cord Cordate Cordated Draw Drawl Eke Eked Eking Elongate Elongated Elongating Elongation Imp Increase Lengthen Ovato-oblong Paragogic Pongo Prolong Prolongate Prolongating Prolongation Prolonged Prolonger Prorogation Protract Protracter Protractive Sackbut Scour Shot
Addition Angle Cord Cordate Cordated Draw Drawl Eke Eked Eking Elongate Elongated Elongating Elongation Imp Increase Lengthen Ovato-oblong Paragogic Pongo Prolong Prolongate Prolongating Prolongation Prolonged Prolonger Prorogation Protract Protracter Protractive Sackbut Scour Shot
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