lengthen
verb (used with object)
to make longer; make greater in length.
will have lengthened
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future perfectof lengthen.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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Some will have lengthened vowel sound, and will be more continuous or sustained, so that groups of successive words seem to run on one unbroken tone; others will be abrupt and irregular.
From Public Speaking by Irvah Lester Winter
