Elongo, élongas, elongâre. Plin. To remooue farre off: to prelong: to deferre.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ēlongo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [e-longe]. I.Act., to remove, keep aloof (late Lat.): auxilium tuum a me, Vulg. Psa. 21, 20: judicium a nobis, id. Isa. 59, 9 al.—B.To prolong, protract: diem ejus, Vulg. Isa. 14, 1; cf. elongo, makru/nw, a)fi/sthmi, Gloss. Philox.—II.Neutr., to withdraw, depart: ecce elongavi fugiens, Vulg. Psa. 54, 7; id. Sir. 35, 22; id. Jer. 2, 5; Ambros. in Luc. 3, 32.