Definitions for: Lengthen

[v] become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen"
[v] make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

What if I please to lengthen out his date. --Dryden.

Length"en, v. i.
To become longer. --Locke.

Antonyms: shorten

See Also: draw out, elongate, extend, grow, increase, lengthen, prolong, protract, stretch

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