Lengthen

The word Lent, however, comes from the Anglo-Saxon word lengthen, which means: Spring. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That said, as interest rates come down and loan terms lengthen, microfinance loans become economically attractive to a wider range of businesses, and support longer term investments. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Rocky Delgadillo warned the council that the ballot title could provoke a legal challenge and recommended that it use "lengthen" in the title while also saying that "change" was legally sufficient. ❋ Unknown (2006)

_Producere_ is the correct technical term for 'lengthen'; compare ❋ 43 BC-18? Ovid (N/A)

As to the peculiar effect of C final in certain particles to "lengthen" the vowel before it, this C is doubtless the remnant of the intensive enclitic CE, and the so-called 'length' is not in the vowel, but in the more forcible utterance of the C. ❋ Frances Ellen Lord (N/A)

Garden lighting can be used in many ways: to extend the evening into the night, to lengthen and enjoy the seasons, to maximize the use of your garden from day into night, to provide soft, ambient light around your outdoor dining table or to create an all-year-round view from the house. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The being able to shorten and lengthen the nylon cord allows for more leverage on the dog when heeling. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Minnesota duck hunting was rough this year, they need to lengthen the season! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Yes, I think I might do time in prison if it would lengthen my life by a year and a half ❋ Unknown (2009)

The inside and back of your leg helps lengthen the line, said Ms. Bowers. ❋ Pia Catton (2011)

As a social institution it makes a people sick bodily and mentally or at least helps to multiply, lengthen, and intensify disease. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A great feature under normal conditions, since it will lengthen the life of your boots, but the rubber caps tended to warp and pinch our toes if we dried ours too close to the fire. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As the current, seemingly endless, wrangling over the budget continues, please remember, there is a route to strengthen and lengthen your legacies. ❋ Jessica Levinson (2011)

The dress can be shortened to make a blouse or top, and though the sleeves are traditionally short, you could always lengthen the rectangles they're made from. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Nicotine, caffeine, pain relievers, not to mention cortisone, a steroid that also serves to lengthen careers by alleviating the effects of getting older. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There was not enough on the bolt for me, so I added the trim from the lace curtain, to lengthen the sleeves. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What the Fed really has done is lengthen the shortest term loan to about 2 years, and kept that rate at 1%. ❋ Unknown (2010)