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Lena
Lenape
lend
lender of last resort
lending library
lenes
-length
length
lengthen
lengthwise
lengthy
leniency clause
lenient
Lenin Peak
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lengthen

length·en [ léngthən ] (past and past participle length·ened, present participle length·en·ing, 3rd person present singular length·ens)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
become or make something longer: to make something longer, or become longer
The weeks lengthened into months and still no news came.


length·en·er noun
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