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lengthening |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: lengthening adj : increasing in length; "the lengthening days of February" n : the act of prolonging something "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks" [syn: {prolongation}, {protraction}, {perpetuation}]
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