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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : lengk-thuhn, leng-, len- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛŋk θən, ˈlɛŋ-, ˈlɛn- |
Definition of lengthen
Origin :- late 14c., from length + -en (1). Related: Lengthened; lengthening. Earlier verb was simply length (c.1300).
- verb extend
- Can they prolong their own possession, or lengthen his days who enjoys them?
- Extract from : « Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 » by Henry Fielding
- The life of peace is that which men should chiefly desire to lengthen out and improve.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- Sweet as parting is, I protest I, for one, would not lengthen it until to-morrow.
- Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
- The campaign promised to lengthen into a month, perhaps longer.
- Extract from : « Wayside Courtships » by Hamlin Garland
- The campaign promised to lengthen into a month—perhaps longer.
- Extract from : « Other Main-Travelled Roads » by Hamlin Garland
- Honest, you could almost watch him lengthen out and fill in.
- Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
- The shadows began to lengthen; and there was still no sight of a river.
- Extract from : « The Girl Scouts' Good Turn » by Edith Lavell
- Better that life should end than lengthen out to witness a decline from this apex.
- Extract from : « The Sign of the Spider » by Bertram Mitford
- In order to lengthen them, I combed their fringes with my paws.
- Extract from : « Pussy and Doggy Tales » by Edith Nesbit
- The proverb says: "If thy sword be short, lengthen it by a step forward."
- Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 of 8 » by Various
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