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▪ I. lengthening, vbl. n.|ˈlɛŋθ(ə)nɪŋ|
[f. lengthen v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. lengthen.
1573Baret Alv. L 280 The lengthning of the dayes. 1611Bible Dan. iv. 27. 1663 Gerbier Counsel F v a, You might..have been invited for the lengthening of her dayes in this world. 1666Dryden Ann. Mirab. Pref., Besides so many other helps of grammatical figures, for the lengthening or abbreviation of them [syllables]. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. iii. 148 The lengthning of the long-boat. 1853Markham Skoda's Auscult. 169 A rapid contraction of the organ is not absolutely indispensible to the lengthening of the aorta. 1869A. J. Ellis E.E. Pronunc. i. 13 The use..of the long mark (–) for the lengthening of vowels generally short.
b. attrib.
c1860H. Stuart Seaman's Catech. 66 They are distinguished as..futtocks, top timbers, and lengthening timbers. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. i. 12/2 A ‘lengthening-bar’..is an extra brass rod, which fits into the socket in the leg of the compass.
▪ II. lengthening, ppl. a.|ˈlɛŋθ(ə)nɪŋ|
[f. lengthen v. + -ing2.]
That lengthens, in senses of the vb.
1764Goldsm. Trav. 10 My heart..drags at each remove a lengthening chain. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian vii, He heard only the lengthening echoes of his own voice. 1865J. H. Newman Gerontius §2 Is this peremptory severance Wrought out in lengthening measurements of space? a1872B. Harte Lost Galleon 141 To cut a lengthening story short. |