Elongate /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Elongated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elongating

1. To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
2. To remove further off. [Obs.]

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

1. Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf.