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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Elongate \E*lon"gate\, 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 2. To remove further off [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: elongated adj 1: drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page" [syn: {extended}, {lengthened}, {prolonged}] 2: having notably more length than width; being long and slender; "an elongate tail tapering to a point"; "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame" [syn: {elongate}]
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