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elongate

elon·gate

UK/ɪˈlɒŋ.ɡeɪt/ US/ˈiːˌlɒŋ.ɡeɪt/ uncommon obsolete
verb (1) adjective (2)

verb

1.

make long or longer by pulling and stretching

  • “stretch the fabric”
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adjective

1.

of a leaf shape; long and narrow

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2.

having notably more length than width; being long and slender

  • “an elongate tail tapering to a point”
  • “the old man”
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Origin

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

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