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lengthen

verb
/ˈlɛŋθən/

Etymology

From length + -en.

  1. inherited from *langiþō✻
  2. inherited from *langiþu✻
  3. inherited from lengþ
  4. inherited from lengthe
  5. suffixed as lengthen — “length + en”

Definitions

  1. To make longer, to extend the length of.

    • You need to lengthen the story if you want to have it published.
    • The platforms of all stations from Shepherds Bush to Liverpool Street have been lengthened from 325 ft. to 427 ft. between tunnel headwalls, to take longer trains.

  2. To become longer.

    • The shadows on the lawn lengthened as the sun began to set.

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Derived

compensatorily lengthen, enlengthen, lengthenable, lengthen down, lengthened, lengthened grade, lengthener, lengthen out, lengthen up, overlengthen, relengthen, underlengthen

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at lengthen. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at lengthen. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at lengthen

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