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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To remove further off. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Elongate \E*lon"gate\, v. i.
     To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede
     apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Elongate \E*lon"gate\, a. [LL. elongatus.]
     Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. ``An
     elongate form.'' --Earle.
     [1913 Webster]

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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Elongate \E*lon"gate\, v. i.
     To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede
     apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Elongate \E*lon"gate\, a. [LL. elongatus.]
     Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. ``An
     elongate form.'' --Earle.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  elongate
       adj 1: of a leaf shape; long and narrow [syn: linear]
       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: elongated]
       v : make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the
           fabric" [syn: stretch]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  elongate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la ēlongō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: elongar)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  elongate
     a.
     (1: lengthened), extended, elongated; relatively long and slender.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make long or longer by pulling and
  stretching; to make elongated.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To become long or longer by being pulled or
  stretched; to become elongated.
     3 (lb en transitive obsolete) To move to or place at a distance
  (''from'' something).<ref>{{cite book|author=(w Thomas Blount
  (lexicographer) Thomas
  Blount)|title=Glossographia|location=London|publisher=George
  Sawbridge|year=1661|text=“''Elongate'' [...] to remove afar off, to
  defer or
  prolong.”|url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A28464.0001.001}</ref>
     4 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To depart to, or be at, a distance
  (''from'' something); especially, to appear to recede from the sun, as a
  planet in its orbit.<ref>{{cite book|author=(w: Samuel
  Johnson)|title=(w: A Dictionary of the English
  Language)|location=London|publisher=Strahan|year=1755|volume=1|text=“To
  E<small>LONGATE</small>. [...] To go off to a distance from
  any
  thing.”|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ucm.5326809190&view=1up&seq=694&size=150}</ref>

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  elongate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la ēlongō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: elongar)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  elongate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la ēlongō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: elongar)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  elongate
     Englanti vb.
     pidentää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  elongate
     Engelska vb.
     förlänga

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Elongate /ˈiːlˌɒŋɡeɪt/
  طوّل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  elongate //iˈlɑŋ.ɡeɪt// //iˈlɔŋ.ɡeɪt// //ɪˈlɑŋ.ɡeɪt// //ɪˈlɒŋ.ɡeɪt// //ɪˈlɔŋ.ɡeɪt// 
  удължен
  lengthened

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  elongate //iˈlɑŋ.ɡeɪt// //iˈlɔŋ.ɡeɪt// //ɪˈlɑŋ.ɡeɪt// //ɪˈlɒŋ.ɡeɪt// //ɪˈlɔŋ.ɡeɪt// 
  разтеглям, удължавам
  to make long

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  elongate /ˈiːlˌɒŋɡeɪt/ 
  prodloužit

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  elongate /ˈiːlˌɒŋɡeɪt/ 
  längen, recken 
   see: elongating, elongated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  elongate /ˈiːlˌɒŋɡeɪt/
  länglich, langgestreckt 
        "an elongated body"  - ein länglicher Körper, ein langgestreckter Körper

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  elongate /ˈiːlˌɒŋɡeɪt/ 
  verlängern 
   see: elongating, elongated
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  elongate //iˈlɑŋ.ɡeɪt// //iˈlɔŋ.ɡeɪt// //ɪˈlɑŋ.ɡeɪt// //ɪˈlɒŋ.ɡeɪt// //ɪˈlɔŋ.ɡeɪt// 
  pidentää, venyttää
  to make long

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  elongate /ˈiːlˌɒŋɡeɪt/ 
  1. लंबा~करना, तानना, बड़ाना

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  elongate /ˈiːlˌɒŋɡeɪt/
  izdužiti se, produžiti

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  elongate /ˈiːlˌɒŋɡeɪt/
  1. meghosszabbított
  2. meghosszabbodott
  3. megnyújtott
  4. kinyúlt
  5. megnyúlt
  6. megnyurgult

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  elongate //iˈlɑŋ.ɡeɪt// //iˈlɔŋ.ɡeɪt// //ɪˈlɑŋ.ɡeɪt// //ɪˈlɒŋ.ɡeɪt// //ɪˈlɔŋ.ɡeɪt// 
  引き伸ばす
  to make long

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  elongate /ˈiːlˌɒŋɡeɪt/
  1. uzatmak, sürdürmek
  2. uzamış
  3. uzatılmış. elonga'tion  uzatma, sürdürme
  4. uzama, devam.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɪˈɫɔŋɡeɪt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "elongate":
     continue, drag out, draw, draw out, elongated, extend, extended,
     lengthen, lengthen out, lengthened, lengthy, let out, long,
     produce, prolong, prolongate, protract, pull, spin out, strain,
     stretch, stretch out, string, string out, tauten, tense, tighten
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 延长,伸延;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt.
     vi. 延长,(使)伸延
     a. 伸长的

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