oblongate

verb

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.

2. To give an oblong shape to (something).

Where it comes from

From New Latin oblongātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry oblongate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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