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elongs

elongs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of elong.

Meaning of elong

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To lengthen out; to prolong.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To put away; to separate; to keep off.
    • By Sees & hilles elonged from thy ſightc. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Though this port: and I thy ſeruaunt true”, in Egerton MS 2711, page 53v

Questions about elongs

What is elongs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Elongs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of elong.

Words near elongs in the dictionary

  1. elongatory
  2. elonged
  3. elongin
  4. elonging
  5. elongins
  6. elongs
  7. Elonia
  8. elonid
  9. elonids
  10. Elonite
  11. Elonites

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