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Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire..

Ectasis :: Ectasis (n.) The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.

Lengthen :: Lengthen (v. i.) To become longer.

Distend :: Distend (v. t.) To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch.

Great :: Great (superl.) Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval..

Coronated :: Coronated (a.) Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished; -- said of birds.

Length :: Length (v. t.) To lengthen.

Lengthen :: Lengthen (v. t.) 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..

Imp :: Imp (n.) Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line..

Elong :: Elong (v. t.) To lengthen out; to prolong.

Production :: Production (n.) The act of lengthening out or prolonging.

Eking :: Eking (v. t.) A lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency in length.

Lengthening :: Lengthening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lengthe.

Elongate :: Elongate (a.) To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line..

Enlengthen :: Enlengthen (v. t.) To lengthen.

Increase :: Increase (v. t.) To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount, etc.; to add to; to extend; to lengthen; to enhance; to aggravate; as, to increase one's possessions, influence..

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war..

Produce :: Produce (v. t.) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life to threescore..

Sackbut :: Sackbut (n.) A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the trombone..

Prolong :: Prolong (a.) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue; as, to prolong one's days..

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