Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lengthened"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Lengthen \Length"en\ (-'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lengthened}
(-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lengthening} (-'n*[i^]ng).]
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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

lengthened
adj : drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don
Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this
year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate
larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the
page" [syn: {elongated}, {extended}, {prolonged}]


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