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elongate

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Adjective, Verb (usu participle)
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e=lon=gate

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb elongate has 1 sense

Adjective elongate has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

elongatev. t. [LL. elongatus, p. p. of elongare to remove, to prolong; e + L. longus long. See Long, a., and cf. Eloign.].
  •  To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To remove further off.  Sir T. Browne.  [1913 Webster]
elongatev. i. 
     To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.  [1913 Webster]
elongatea. [LL. elongatus.].
     Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf.  Earle.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

elongate, v. & adj.
--v.
1 tr. lengthen, prolong.
2 intr. Bot. be of slender or tapering form.
--adj. Bot. & Zool. long in proportion to width.

Etymology
LL elongare (as E-, L longus long)

THESAURUS

elongate

continue, drag out, draw, draw out, elongated, extend, extended, lengthen, lengthen out, lengthened, lengthy, let out, long, produce, prolong, prolongate, protract, pull, spin out, strain, stretch, stretch out, string, string out, tauten, tense, tighten

ROGET THESAURUS

elongate

Length

VB be long, stretch out, sprawl, extend to, reach to, stretch to, make a long arm, drag its slow length along, render long, lengthen, extend, elongate, stretch, prolong, produce, protract, let out, draw out, spin out, drawl, enfilade, look along, view in perspective, distend (expand).

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