He suffered their protractive arts.
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Protractive
//pɹəˈtɹæktɪv//
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In this case one half of the group had a contractive distraction imposed (decreasing work time) by a confederate; the other a protractive distraction (increasing work time).
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Such a function could only be used in the protractive approach to evaluate different states of the system , for it does not necessarily specify an established point of convergency .
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One inflected form of the durative verb is made with a long tense hold and without motion; the nuance in meaning is the same as that of the protractive modulation of adjectival predicates and translates as 'to stare at (uninterruptedly)' (figure 12.15b).
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