protract

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.
To use a protractor.
To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer.
To extend; to protrude.

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protract protracts protracting protracted

From the past participle stem of Latin prōtrahō. By surface analysis, pro- + tract.

prolong

tract and its related terms

protracted protractedly protractedness protractile protraction protractive protractor protractable protractible

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