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lengthening
(encz) | lengthening,prodlužování n: Zdeněk Brož |
lengthening
(encz) | lengthening,prodlužující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Lengthening
(gcide) | Lengthen \Length"en\ (-'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lengthened
(-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lengthening (-'n*[i^]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.
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What if I please to lengthen out his date. --Dryden.
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lengthening
(wn) | lengthening
n 1: the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite
prolongation of the peace talks" [syn: prolongation,
protraction, perpetuation, lengthening] |
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Lengthening
(gcide) | Lengthen \Length"en\ (-'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lengthened
(-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lengthening (-'n*[i^]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.
[1913 Webster]
What if I please to lengthen out his date. --Dryden.
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lengthening
(gcide) | increasing \increasing\ adj.
1. becoming greater or larger; as, increasing prices.
[Narrower terms: {accretionary ; {augmenting,
augmentative, building ; {expanding ; {flared, flaring ;
{growing ; {incorporative ; {lengthening ; {maximizing ;
{multiplicative ; {profit-maximizing ; {raising ;
accretive ; {rising ] {decreasing
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2. same as growing, 1. [prenominal]
Syn: growing(prenominal), incremental.
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3. (Music) increasing in some musical quality. Opposite of
decreasing. [Narrower terms: {accelerando ; {crescendo
]
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