lengthen : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lengthen	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for lengthen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lengthen v make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please" Antonym(s): shorten become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen" Antonym(s): shorten
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lengthen \Length"en\, v. i. To become longer. --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lengthen \Length"en\ (-'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lengthened} (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lengthening} (-'n[icr]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.