Definition of Elongate

E`lon´gate
v. t.1.To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
[imp. & p. p. Elongated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Elongating.]
2.To remove further off.
v. i.1.To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
a.1.Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf.


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