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Webster 1913 Edition

Lengthen

Length′en

(-’n)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lengthened
(-’nd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Lengthening
(-’n-ĭng)
.]
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

,
Verb.
I.
To become longer.
Locke.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lengthen

LENGTH'EN

,
Verb.
T.
length'n.
1.
To extend in length; to make longer; to elongate; as, to lengthen a line.
2.
To draw out or extend in time; to protract; to continue in duration; as, to lengthen life. The days lengthen from December to June.
3.
To extend; as, to lengthen a discourse or a dissertation.
4.
To draw out in pronunciation; as, to lengthen a sound or a syllable. This verb is often followed by out, which may be sometimes emphatical, but in general is useless.
What if I please to lengthen out his date?

LENGTH'EN

,
Verb.
I.
To grow longer; to extend in length. A hempen rope contracts when wet, and lengthens when dry.

Definition 2024

lengthen

lengthen

English

Verb

lengthen ‎(third-person singular simple present lengthens, present participle lengthening, simple past and past participle lengthened)

  1. (transitive) To make longer, to extend the length of.
  2. (intransitive) To become longer.

Antonyms

Translations

Etymology

From length +‎ -en.

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