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lengthen
/ ˈlɛŋθən; ˈlɛŋkθən /
verb
- to make or become longer
Derived Forms
- ˈlengthener, noun
Other Words From
- lengthen·er noun
- outlengthen verb (used with object)
- un·lengthened adjective
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Of course, there's the question of whether we could lengthen maturities as much as we'd like.
That life-giving source is the enzyme telomerase, which can actually lengthen telomeres.
Here are 10 ways you can preserve or lengthen your telomeres.
Old knights were praying Charlemagne's prayer at Roncesvalles—that the day might lengthen while they hunted the Moslem.
The effect of the alteration has been to lengthen the keel, and perhaps to round up the forefoot a little.
The animal can not only move and bend it, but he can shorten, lengthen, and turn it all ways.
There was at the moment a lull in the storm; for a time it seemed as if it would lengthen into a prolonged calm.
The campaign promised to lengthen into a month, perhaps longer.
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