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Protractive :: Protractive (a.) Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying.

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

Servile :: Servile (a.) Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune..

Addition :: Addition (n.) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.

Crest :: Crest (n.) A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc..

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..

Augment :: Augment (n.) A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs..

Lengthened :: Lengthened (imp. & p. p.) of Lengthe.

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..

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

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird..

Elongation :: Elongation (n.) The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension..

Prolongation :: Prolongation (n.) The act of lengthening in space or in time; extension; protraction.

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

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

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

Paragogical :: Paragogical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or constituting, a paragoge; added to the end of, or serving to lengthen, a word..

Elongation :: Elongation (n.) That which lengthens out; continuation.

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

Drawl :: Drawl (n.) A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance..

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