elongate

E*lon"gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elongated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elongating.] Etym: [LL. elongatus, p. p. of elongare to remove, to prolong; e + L. longus long. See Long, a., and cf. Eloign.] 1. To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line. 2. To remove further off. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. E*lon"gate, v. i. Defn: To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.] E*lon"gate, a. Etym: [LL. elongatus.] Defn: Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. "An elongate form." Earle.

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