1. (v.) To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.

2. (v.) To remove further off.

3. (v. i.) To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.

4. (a.) Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf.

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