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elongate

adj
/ɪˈlɒŋ.ɡeɪt/UK/əˈlɔŋˌɡeɪt/US/ᵻˈlɔnˌɡeʈ/

Etymology

From Late Middle English elongat, elongate (“kept away; different or remote in nature”, adjective), borrowed from Late Latin ēlongātus (“having been stretched out, elongated; prolonged, protracted; having been kept aloof, removed”) + Middle English -at (suffix forming participles). Ēlongātus is the perfect passive participle of ēlongō (“to prolong, protract; to keep aloof, remove; to depart, withdraw”), from Latin ē- (a variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + longus (“extended, long, prolonged; far”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”, adjective)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). Doublet of eloign. Cognates * French éloigner

  1. derived from *dlongʰos✻ — “long”
  2. derived from ē-
  3. derived from ēlongātus — “having been stretched out, elongated; prolonged, protracted; having been kept aloof, removed”
  4. inherited from elongat

Definitions

  1. Elongated, extended, lengthened

    Elongated, extended, lengthened; (especially biology) having a long and slender form.

    • Painted turtles lay oval, elongate eggs.
    • He stood in the shadow of the pagoda, achieving a kinship between the building and himself by his elongate elegance, an air of old, uninsisting nobility.
    • Schwarz had a glass of orange juice in his right hand. He tilted the glass slightly now, the surface of the liquid assuming an elongate outline.

  2. To make (something) long or longer, for example, by pulling or stretching

    To make (something) long or longer, for example, by pulling or stretching; to make (something) elongated; to extend, to lengthen.

    • VVhen the muſcles of the heart cease to act, the refluent blood again diſtends or elongates them; and thus irritated they contract as before.
    • [T]he despairing wretches [people accused of being witches] confirmed what the children said, with many other extravagant circumstances, as the mode of elongating a goat's back by means of a spit, on which we care not to be particular.

  3. Followed by from

    Followed by from: to move to or place (something) at a distance from another thing; to remove.

    • [L]et the cõmon house of easement [i.e., the outhouse] be ouer some water, or els elongated from the house.
    • But to open this more particularly, let us ſhevv in hovv many particulars they [wicked men] are thus elongated, or made afar off from God.
    • The principal force and property of hatred then, is to divide, ſeparate, alienate, and elongate a man from vvhat he hates.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To become long or longer, for example, by being pulled or stretched

      To become long or longer, for example, by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated.

      • Here, Mr. Lorry perceived the reflexion on the wall to elongate, and Mr. Cruncher rose and stepped forward.
      • They studied fiercely as Bilging Day drew nearer. […] His face elongated daily, and his melancholy eyes burned in deepening sockets like dim candles, but he never failed a quiz.

    2. Of a plant part

      Of a plant part: to grow long; also, to have a long and slender or tapering form.

      • Shepherd’s-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. […] FLOWERS White, blooming March–December; inflorescence of racemes, elongating greatly with fruit; […]

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Derived

elongase, elongated, elongating, nonelongating, overelongate

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA