elongate

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To remove further off. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. elongatus. ] Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. “An elongate form.” Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]