lengthened
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length·en
(lĕngk′thən, lĕng′-, lĕn′-)tr. & intr.v. length·ened, length·en·ing, length·ens
To make or become longer.
length′en·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" 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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