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verb (used with object)
1.
to draw out to greater length; lengthen; extend.
verb (used without object)
2.
to increase in length.
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Elongating
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adjective Also, e·lon·gat·ed.
3.
extended; lengthened.
4.
long and thin.
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Word Origin & History
elongate
1530s, from L.L. elongatus, pp. of elongare (see elongation). The Fr. form, eloign, was borrowed (1530s) in the legal sense "to remove to a distance" (especially in an effort to avoid the law). Related: Elongated; elongating.
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