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  1. 1. v. t. To utter in a slow, lengthened tone. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. lengthen and slow down or draw out Source: wordnet
  6. 6. To utter in a slow, lengthened tone. To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc. Theologians and moralists . . . talk mostly in a drawling and dreaming way about it. Landor. A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance. Source: webster
  7. 7. v:42/n:58 n. a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels v. lengthen and slow down or draw out Source: ecdict

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