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Webster 1913 Edition
Lengthen
Length′en
(-’n)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lengthened
(-’nd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lengthening
(-’n-ĭng)
.] To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration;
as, to
lengthen
a line or a road; to lengthen
life; – sometimes followed by out
.What if I please to
lengthen
out his date. Dryden.
Length′en
,Verb.
I.
To become longer.
Locke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lengthen
LENGTH'EN
,Verb.
T.
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
,Verb.
I.