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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lengthen \Length"en\ (-'n), verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lengthen \Length"en\, verb (used without an object) To become longer. --Locke.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
lengthen
verb
1: make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please" [ant: {shorten}]
2: become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen" [ant: {shorten}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "lengthen": add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, broaden, build, build up, continue, dawdle, drag out, draw, draw out, dwell on, elongate, enlarge, exalt, expand, extend, fatten, fill out, hike, hike up, hold, increase, inflate, jack up, jump up, keep, keep alive, keep going, keep up, lengthen out, let out, linger on, maintain, maximize, parlay, perpetuate, preserve, procrastinate, produce, prolong, prolongate, protract, pull, put up, pyramid, raise, retain, spin out, strain, stretch, stretch out, string out, sustain, tauten, temporize, tense, thicken, tighten, up
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