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单词 elongate
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elongateadj.

/ɪˈlɒŋɡeɪt/
Etymology: formed as elongate v.
Lengthened, prolonged, extended; esp. in Botany and Zoology that is long in proportion to its breadth; that has a lengthened, slender, or tapering form.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [adjective]
longOE
eavelonga1387
long-warpeda1400
oblong?a1425
long-shaped1575
longwise1600
oblongish1665
elongate1828
elongated1828
oblongitudinal1892
1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 196 Lip elongate..narrowing towards the point.
1847 J. Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 5. 235 The remaining five forming an elongate club.
1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 336 Immense unrecognised creatures of elongate form roam the ocean.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 103 Peduncles elongate.

Derivatives

Hence as combining form ˈelongato-, in various zoological terms.
elongato-conical adj.
ΚΠ
1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 276 Ridges small, acute, sometimes elongato-conical.
elongato-ovate adj.
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1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II ii. 932 Hand..elongato-ovate.
elongato-triangular adj. that has the form or outline of a lengthened cone, egg, triangle.
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1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 483 Beak lamellar, elongato-triangular.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

elongatev.

Brit. /ˈiːlɒŋɡeɪt/, /ɪˈlɒŋɡeɪt/, U.S. /əˈlɔŋˌɡeɪt/, /iˈlɔŋˌɡeɪt/, /iˈlɑŋˌɡeɪt/, /əˈlɑŋˌɡeɪt/
Etymology: < late Latin ēlongāt- participial stem of ēlongāre : see elongate adj.
1. transitive. To remove, set at a distance (from).
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be far from [verb (transitive)] > put at or remove to a distance
farOE
fersec1000
far-casta1340
removec1384
proloynec1425
prolong1440
purloin1461
elong1477
enstrange1483
eloin1535
elongatec1540
distance1578
discoast1583
eloinate1642
outpost1864
distantiate1924
c1540 A. Borde Bk. for to Lerne B j a Let the common howse of esement be..elongatyd from the howse.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Elongate, to remove afar off.
1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Elongate, to remove or carry a great way off.
2. intransitive.
a. gen. To depart, move away or recede from (obsolete).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go or move away specifically of things
forgoc950
worthOE
atgoc1175
alithec1275
withdraw1297
lenda1350
withgoa1400
to go farewellc1400
voidc1400
startc1405
overdrawa1450
recedec1450
sinkc1450
remove1481
regress1552
to-gang1596
elongate1646
abscede1650
discede1650
to take a walk1871
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. ii. 63 But elongating from the coast of Brasilia toward the shore of Africa it [the south point] varyeth Eastward. View more context for this quotation
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Elongate, to go off to a distance.
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b. spec. in Astronomy: To recede apparently from the sun or a fixed point in the celestial sphere; said, e.g., of a star or a planet.
3. transitive. To lengthen, draw out, prolong.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [verb (transitive)] > lengthen
elongc1420
protend?a1475
lengthen1555
extend1569
produce1570
prolong1574
elongate1578
carry1587
run1630
continue1667
to run outa1670
prolongate1671
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man viii. f. 107 It [sc. spinal marrow] is..a portion of the brayne elongated.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Elongate, to prolong.
1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. i. 6 Time has been given for the adhesions to be elongated by the motion of the heart.
1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft vii. 217 The mode of elongating a goat's back by means of a spit.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. vii. 57 Having thus elongated and emphasized the word.
4. Botany (intransitive) To grow or increase in length; to be lengthy; to have a slender or tapering form.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > have particular form or function [verb (intransitive)] > form particular shape
ramify1576
digitate1796
elongate1801
1801 T. A. Knight in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 41 340 The wood between the bunch and the next leaf below, has ceased to elongate.
1828 H. Steuart Planter's Guide 128 The minutest Fibres both expand and elongate with facility.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 263 Linaria repens..Racemes elongating.

Derivatives

ˈelongating adj. that elongates.
ΚΠ
1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 422 The patent elongating socket.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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