vt. 延长, (使)伸延

vi. 延长, (使)伸延

a. 伸长的

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.


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.]


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