prolongatev.
/ˈprəʊlɒŋɡeɪt/, /ˈprɒləŋɡeɪt/, U.S. /prəˈlɔŋˌɡeɪt/, /proʊˈlɔŋˌɡeɪt/, /prəˈlɑŋˌɡeɪt/, /proʊˈlɑŋˌɡeɪt/ transitive. To prolong, lengthen.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > cause to endure, sustain, or prolong
lengOE
drawOE
teec1200
forlengtha1300
lengtha1300
drivec1300
tarryc1320
proloynec1350
continuec1380
to draw alonga1382
longa1382
dretch1393
conservea1398
to draw (out) in, into, at, or on lengtha1400
prorogue1419
prolongc1425
aroomc1440
prorogate?a1475
protend?a1475
dilate1489
forlong1496
relong1523
to draw out1542
sustentate1542
linger1543
defer1546
pertract1548
propagate1548
protract1548
linger1550
lengthen1555
train1556
detract?a1562
to make forth (long, longer)1565
stretch1568
extend1574
extenuate1583
dree1584
wire-draw1598
to spin out1603
trail1604
disabridge1605
produce1605
continuate1611
out-length1617
spin1629
to eke out1641
producta1670
prolongate1671
drawl1694
drag1697
perennate1698
string1867
perennialize1898
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [verb (transitive)] > lengthen
elongc1420
protend?a1475
lengthen1555
extend1569
produce1570
prolong1574
elongate1578
carry1587
run1630
continue1667
to run outa1670
prolongate1671
1671 G. Thomson Μισοχυμὶας Ἔλεγχου 49 His days exhilerated and prolongated.
1704 Athenæ Redivivæ v. 162/2 Yet he may through his extraordinary Determination prolongate the same Mans Life to many Years.
1773 Weekly Mag. (Edinburgh) 21 Oct. in J. T. Boulton Samuel Johnson (1995) xliii. 232 To him whose potent Lexiphanian stile Words can prolongate, and inswell his page With what in others to a line's confin'd.
1852 Ld. Cockburn Life Jeffrey I. 5 Everything is hushed as death, and every dimply smile prolongated into an expression of the most serious respect.
1861 Times 18 Jan. 9/2 By prolongating itself beyond the previsions which gave rise to it, this demonstration naturally assumed a different character.
1932 C. S. Terry Bach's Orchestra ii. 31 The..mouthpiece [of the Berlin Zugtrompete] is prolongated by an inner tube, which, at the player's will, slides out and in.
1995 F. W. Sternfeld Birth of Opera v. 119 The choral finale (whether or not modified and prolongated by the insertion of concertino episodes).
Derivatives
ˈprolongated adj.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [adjective] > long
longsomeeOE
fara1000
longOE
prolixa1500
of length1597
prolixious1599
lengthful?1611
tediousa1616
distanta1645
longinquous1670
long-drawn1726
lengthy1760
prolongated1776
1776 tr. G. Beccaria Treat. Artific. Electr. v. iii. 341 The little wheel..ought to be presented, not to the prolongated axis of the point of the needle, but to the wind itself.
1821 W. Combe Third Tour Dr. Syntax xxxv. 109 His prolongated nose Should guard his grinning mouth from blows.
1963 Times 11 July 18/3 The prolongated strike in the coal mines.
2004 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 7 Feb. (Sport section) 66 The Old Boys were pleased to see striker Mark Irwin make a welcome return..following a prolongated injury.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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