ELONGATE

elongate, elongated

(adjective) 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”

linear, elongate

(adjective) (of a leaf shape) long and narrow

elongate, stretch

(verb) make long or longer by pulling and stretching; “stretch the fabric”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

elongate (third-person singular simple present elongates, present participle elongating, simple past and past participle elongated)

(transitive) To make long or longer by pulling and stretching; to make elongated.

Synonyms: extend, stretch

(intransitive) To become long or longer by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated.

(transitive, obsolete) To move to or place at a distance (from something).

(intransitive, obsolete) To depart to, or be at, a distance (from something); especially, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.

Adjective

elongate (comparative more elongate, superlative most elongate)

Lengthened, extended, elongated; relatively long and slender.

Anagrams

• Eagleton

Source: Wiktionary

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E*lon"gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elongated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elongating.] Etym: [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.

E*lon"gate, v. i.

Definition: To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.]

E*lon"gate, a. Etym: [LL. elongatus.]

Definition: Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. "An elongate form." Earle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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