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Protract

//pɹoʊˈtɹækt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.

    "Doubtless he shrives this woman to her smock; Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech."

  2. 2
    lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer wordnet
  3. 3
    To use a protractor.
  4. 4
    To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.

    "This is a synopsis of our marches, which, protracted on Burckhardt’s map, gives an error of ten miles."

  5. 5
    To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer.

    "to protract a decision or duty"

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  1. 6
    To extend; to protrude.

    "A cat can protract and retract its claws."

Etymology

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

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