oblongates

Verb

oblongate (third-person singular simple present oblongates, present participle oblongating, simple past and past participle oblongated)

1. To extend into an oblong form; to elongate
   • Fruit very small, the least of all the varieties, a little more long than broad, having a very conspicuous deeply marked suture, extending to the apex, on one side of which it oblongates into a very small acute nipple.1831, George Lindley, “Peaches”, in John Lindley, editor, A Guide to the Orchard and Kitchen Garden; or, An Account of the Most Valuable Fruit and Vegetables Cultivated in Great Britain: […], London...
2. To give an oblong shape to (something).
   • In the first three suppositions which illustrate the occlusion of the calibre of the intestine, it is conceivable that the sudden constriction of the abdominal walls might cause them to act vicariously for the probably paralyzed intestinal walls, and by moulding and oblongating the fæcal mass...1866 May 10, William Otis Johnson, “Suggestions as to a Possible Application of Local Anæsthesia”, in The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. […], volume Lxxiv, number 15a, Boston, Mass.: David...

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