elongate

Definitions

1. 1.To remove further off. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
2. 2.To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.]
3. 3.Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. "An elongate form." Earle.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is elongate.

• What is to remove further off. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne called?
• What is to depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.] called?
• What is drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. "An elongate form." Earle called?