Definition of lengthen

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Lengthen (v. i.) To become longer.

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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..
Elong :: Elong (v. t.) To lengthen out; to prolong.
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..
Great :: Great (superl.) Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval..
Protractive :: Protractive (a.) Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying.
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire..
Lengthening :: Lengthening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lengthe.
Produce :: Produce (v. t.) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life to threescore..
Product :: Product (v. t.) To lengthen out; to extend.
Paragogical :: Paragogical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or constituting, a paragoge; added to the end of, or serving to lengthen, a word..
Length :: Length (v. t.) To lengthen.
Addition :: Addition (n.) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
Use :: Use (v. t.) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging..
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..
Lengthen :: Lengthen (v. i.) To become longer.
Elongation :: Elongation (n.) That which lengthens out; continuation.
Drawl :: Drawl (v. t.) To utter in a slow, lengthened tone..
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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