Hypertext Webster Gateway: "elongate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Elongate \E*lon"gate\, a. [LL. elongatus.]
Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. ``An
elongate form.'' --Earle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
elongate
adj 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" [syn: {elongated}]
v : make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the
fabric" [syn: {stretch}]
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