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   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”.
   
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   2. To remove further off. [Obs.]  Sir T. Browne.
   
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   Elongate, v. i. To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.]
   
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   Elongate (?), a. [LL. elongatus.] Drawn out at length; elongated; as, “an elongate leaf”. “An elongate form.”  Earle.
   
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