elongate
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elongate
- /ɪˈlɒŋ.ɡeɪt/ UK
- /ˈiːˌlɒŋ.ɡeɪt/ UK, also, verb
- /ˈɛ-/ UK
- /əˈlɔŋˌɡeɪt/ US
- /i-/ US
- /-ˈlɑŋ-/ US, cot caught merger
Where it comes from
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
adjective more elongate · most elongate
- Elongated, extended, lengthened; (especially biology) having a long and slender form. Painted turtles lay oval, elongate eggs.
verb elongates · elongating · elongated · elongate
- To make (something) long or longer, for example, by pulling or stretching; to make (something) elongated; to extend, to lengthen. VVhen the muſcles of the heart cease to act, the refluent blood again diſtends or elongates them; and thus irritated they contract as before.
- Followed by from: to move to or place (something) at a distance from another thing; to remove. [L]et the cõmon house of easement [i.e., the outhouse] be ouer some water, or els elongated from the house.
- To become long or longer, for example, by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated. Here, Mr. Lorry perceived the reflexion on the wall to elongate, and Mr. Cruncher rose and stepped forward.
- Of a plant part: to grow long; also, to have a long and slender or tapering form. Shepherd’s-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. […] FLOWERS White, blooming March–December; inflorescence of racemes, elongating greatly with fruit; […]
- Followed by from: to be at a distance, or move away, from a thing; to depart; (specifically, astronomy) of a planet, star, or other astronomical object: to appear to recede from the sun or a fixed point in the celestial sphere. [A]bout Capo Frio in Brasilia, the south point [of the compass] varieth tvvelve degrees unto the VVeſt, and about the mouth of the Straites of Magellan five or ſix; but elongating from the coaſt of Braſilia tovvard the ſhore of Africa it varyeth Eaſtvvard, and arriving at Capo de las Agullas, it reſ
