To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
To remove further off. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.]
Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. "An elongate form." Earle.
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