Elongating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.


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