Definitions for: Elongate


[adj] 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"
[adj] of a leaf shape; long and narrow
[v] make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


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.]


E*lon"gate, a. [LL. elongatus.]
Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. ``An
elongate form.'' --Earle.

Synonyms: elongated, linear, long, simple, stretch, unsubdivided

See Also: lengthen

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