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lengthened

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length·en  (lngkthn, lng-, ln-)
tr. & intr.v. length·ened, length·en·ing, length·ens
To make or become longer.
lengthen·er n.
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Adj.1.lengthened - 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"
elongated, prolonged, extended
long - primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"
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A word is lengthened when its own vowel is exchanged for a longer one, or when a syllable is inserted.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
Allen's house; and that they should there part with a most affectionate and lengthened shake of hands, after learning, to their mutual relief, that they should see each other across the theatre at night, and say their prayers in the same chapel the next morning.
Northanger Abbey by Austen, Jane View in context
The doctors, this time, had no fear for his life, provided that his patience would support him through a lengthened period of the most absolute repose.
Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context
 
 
 
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