elong

verb — 2 senses

elong

verb

Etymology See eloign, elongate.

1

Obsolete To lengthen out; to prolong.

2

Obsolete 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:

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