ELONGATE

elongate. Elongate, v. to draw out, protract, depart, go off

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E‐lon″gate (?), v. 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, a., and cf. Eloign.]] 1. 1. To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
2. 2. To remove further off. Sir T. Browne.