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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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
lengthened
adjective: drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page" [syn: {elongated}, {extended}, {prolonged}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "lengthened": dragged out, drawn, drawn out, drawn-out, elongated, extended, interminable, languishing, lasting, lingering, long, long-continuing, long-drawn, long-drawn-out, long-pending, long-winded, marathon, overlong, prolongated, prolonged, protracted, pulled, spun out, spun-out, straggling, strained, stretched, stretched out, stretched-out, strung out, taut, tense, tight
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