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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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  elongated
       adj 1: drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don
              Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this
              year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate
              larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the
              page" [syn: {extended}, {lengthened}, {prolonged}]
       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: {elongate}]

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