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Webster 1828 Edition

Lengthening

LENGTH'ENING

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ppr.
Making longer; extending in length or in duration.

LENGTH'ENING

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Noun.
Continuation; protraction. Dan 4.

Definition 2024

lengthening

lengthening

English

Noun

lengthening ‎(plural lengthenings)

  1. (linguistics) a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens

Translations

Verb

lengthening

  1. present participle of lengthen

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