elong

E1L1O1N1G2

verb

To lengthen out; to prolong.

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Meanings

verbelong (third-person singular simple present elongs, present participle elonging, simple past and past participle elonged)

present singular third person elongs · participle present elonging · participle past elonged · past elonged

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo lengthen out; to prolong.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo put away; to separate; to keep off.

    By Sees & hilles elonged from thy ſight

    c. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Though this port: and I thy ſeruaunt true”, in Egerton MS 2711, page 53v

Origin

See eloign, elongate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

LeonglongeNogleElgon
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APA

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MLA

“elong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elong. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elong,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elong.

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