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Elongate

//ɪˈlɒŋɡeɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Elongated, extended, lengthened; (especially biology) having a long and slender form.

    "Painted turtles lay oval, elongate eggs."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having notably more length than width; being long and slender wordnet
  2. 2
    (of a leaf shape) long and narrow wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To make (something) long or longer, for example, by pulling or stretching; to make (something) elongated; to extend, to lengthen. transitive

    "VVhen the muſcles of the heart cease to act, the refluent blood again diſtends or elongates them; and thus irritated they contract as before."

  2. 2
    make long or longer by pulling and stretching wordnet
  3. 3
    Followed by from: to move to or place (something) at a distance from another thing; to remove. obsolete, transitive

    "[L]et the cõmon house of easement [i.e., the outhouse] be ouer some water, or els elongated from the house."

  4. 4
    To become long or longer, for example, by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated. intransitive

    "Here, Mr. Lorry perceived the reflexion on the wall to elongate, and Mr. Cruncher rose and stepped forward."

  5. 5
    Of a plant part: to grow long; also, to have a long and slender or tapering form. intransitive

    "Shepherd’s-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. […] FLOWERS White, blooming March–December; inflorescence of racemes, elongating greatly with fruit; […]"

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  1. 6
    Followed by from: to be at a distance, or move away, from a thing; to depart; (specifically, astronomy) of a planet, star, or other astronomical object: to appear to recede from the sun or a fixed point in the celestial sphere. intransitive, obsolete

    "[A]bout Capo Frio in Brasilia, the south point [of the compass] varieth tvvelve degrees unto the VVeſt, and about the mouth of the Straites of Magellan five or ſix; but elongating from the coaſt of Braſilia tovvard the ſhore of Africa it varyeth Eaſtvvard, and arriving at Capo de las Agullas, it reſteth in the Meridian, and looketh neither vvay."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Late Middle English elongat, elongate (“kept away; different or remote in nature”, adjective), borrowed from Late Latin ēlongātus (“having been stretched out, elongated; prolonged, protracted; having been kept aloof, removed”) + Middle English -at (suffix forming participles). Ēlongātus is the perfect passive participle of ēlongō (“to prolong, protract; to keep aloof, remove; to depart, withdraw”), from Latin ē- (a variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + longus (“extended, long, prolonged; far”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”, adjective)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). Doublet of eloign. Cognates * French éloigner

Etymology 2

From Late Middle English elongat, elongate (“kept away; different or remote in nature”, adjective), borrowed from Late Latin ēlongātus (“having been stretched out, elongated; prolonged, protracted; having been kept aloof, removed”) + Middle English -at (suffix forming participles). Ēlongātus is the perfect passive participle of ēlongō (“to prolong, protract; to keep aloof, remove; to depart, withdraw”), from Latin ē- (a variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + longus (“extended, long, prolonged; far”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”, adjective)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). Doublet of eloign. Cognates * French éloigner

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