Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.