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Webster 1913 Edition

Elongate

E-lon′gate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Elongated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Elongating
.]
[LL.
elongatus
, p. p. of
elongare
to remove, to prolong;
e
+ L.
longus
long. See
Long
,
Adj.
, 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

,
Verb.
I.
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

,
Adj.
[LL.
elongatus
.]
Drawn out at length; elongated;
as, an
elongate
leaf
.
“An elongate form.”
Earle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Elongate

ELON'GATE

,
Verb.
T.
[Low L. elongo, from longus. See Long.]
1.
To lengthen; to extend.
2.
To remove farther off.

ELON'GATE

,
Verb.
I.
To depart from; to recede; to move to a greater distance; particularly, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.

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