PROLA'TE, verb transitive [Latin prolatum, profero.] To utter; to pronounce. [Not used.] PRO'LATE, adjective [supra.] Extended beyond the line of an exact sphere. A prolate spheriod is produced by the revolution of a semi-ellipsis about its larger diameter.
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