ELON'GATE, verb transitive [Low Latin elongo, from longus. See Long.] 1. To lengthen; to extend. 2. To remove farther off. ELON'GATE, verb intransitive To depart from; to recede; to move to a greater distance; particularly, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
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