elongating
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Elongate \E*lon"gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elongated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elongating.] [LL. elongatus, p. p. of elongare to remove, to prolong; e + L. longus long. See Long, a., and cf. Eloign.]
1.To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line. [1913 Webster]
2.To remove further off. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]