\Pro"late\, a. [L. prolatus, used as p. p. of proferre
to bring forth, to extend; pro + latus, p. p. See {Pro-}, and
{Tolerate}. ]
Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the
direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate
spheroid; -- opposed to {oblate}.
{Prolate cycloid}. See the Note under {Cycloid}.
{Prolate ellipsoid} or {spheroid} (Geom.), a figure generated
   by the revolution of an ellipse about its major axis. See
   {Ellipsoid of revolution}, under {Ellipsoid}.

\Pro*late"\, v. t.
To utter; to pronounce. [Obs.] ``Foun-der-ed; prolate it
right.'' --B. Jonson.