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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
e·lon·gate       [i-lawng-geyt, i-long-, ee-lawng-geyt, ee-long-] Pronunciation Key verb, -gat·ed, -gat·ing, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1.to draw out to greater length; lengthen; extend.
–verb (used without object)
2.to increase in length.
–adjective Also, e·lon·gat·ed.
3.extended; lengthened.
4.long and thin.

[Origin: 1530–40; < LL élongātus lengthened out, ptp. of élongāre to make longer, make distant, remove, equiv. to L é- e- + -longāre, deriv. of longus long, longé far off]

e·lon·ga·tive       [ee-lawng-gey-tiv, ee-long-] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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e·lon·gate       (ĭ-lông'gāt', ĭ-lŏng'-)  Pronunciation Key 
tr. & intr.v.   e·lon·gat·ed, e·lon·gat·ing, e·lon·gates
To make or grow longer.

adj.   or elongated
  1. Made longer; extended.
  2. Having more length than width; slender.


[Late Latin ēlongāre, ēlongāt-; see eloign.]

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elongate

adjective
1. (of a leaf shape) long and narrow [syn: linear
2. having notably more length than width; being long and slender; "an elongate tail tapering to a point"; "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame" 

verb
1. make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric" 

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Elongate

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. To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.

2. To remove further off. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

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Elongate

E*lon"gate\, v. i. To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.]

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Elongate

E*lon"gate\, a. [LL. elongatus.] Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. "An elongate form." --Earle.

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