Elongate

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj To remove further off.

II. Elongate ·adj Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf.

III. Elongate ·vi To depart to, or be at, a distance; ·esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.

IV. Elongate ·adj To Lengthen; to Extend; to Stretch; as, to elongate a line.