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[syn: elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
What if I please to lengthen out his date. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lengthened
adj 1: 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, lengthened, prolonged]