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Lengthen

To extent in length to make longer in extent or duration as to lengthen a line or a road to lengthen life sometimes followed by out...

Elongation

The act of lengthening or the state of being lengthened protraction extension...

Extension and renewal, to 'extend' means to enlarge, expand, lengthen, prolong, to carry out further than its original limit. 'Extension' according to Black's Law Dictionary, means enlargement of the main body; addition of something smaller than that to which it is attached; to lengthen or prolong. Thus 'extension' ordinarily implies the continued existence of something to be extended. The distinction between 'extension' and 'renewal' is chiefly that in the case of 'renewal', a new lease is required, while in the case of 'extension' the same lease continues in force during additional period by the performance of the stipulated act, Provash Chandra Dalui v. Biswanath Banerjee, AIR 1989 SC 1834 (1839). [Calcutta Thika Tenancy Act, (2 of 1949), s. 2(5)]...

allonge

allonge [French, literally, something that lengthens, from Old French alonge, from alongier to make long, ultimately from Latin longus long] : a paper attached to an instrument to provide space for additional endorsements : rider NOTE: Under Uniform Commercial Code section 3-202(2), an allonge must be so firmly affixed to the instrument that it becomes part of it in order for the endorsements to be valid. Endorsements on an allonge are often considered invalid if there is still room on the instrument for endorsements. ...

Crest

A tuft or other excrescence or natural ornament growing on an animals head the comb of a cock the swelling on the head of a serpent the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird etc...