'Elongating' definitions:
Definition of 'Elongating'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To remove further off. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]