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Webster 1828 Edition
Lengthening
LENGTH'ENING
,ppr.
LENGTH'ENING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
lengthening
lengthening
English
Noun
lengthening (plural lengthenings)
- (linguistics) a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens
Translations
sound change
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Verb
lengthening
- present participle of lengthen