Definition of protract

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Protract (v. t.) To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war..

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Prolongation :: Prolongation (n.) The act of lengthening in space or in time; extension; protraction.
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire..
Protraction :: Protraction (n.) A plot on paper.
Rhynchobdellea :: Rhynchobdellea (n. pl.) A suborder of leeches including those that have a protractile proboscis, without jaws. Clepsine is the type..
Overspin :: Overspin (v. t.) To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly.
Interminable :: Interminable (a.) Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings..
Protractor :: Protractor (n.) A mathematical instrument for laying down and measuring angles on paper, used in drawing or in plotting. It is of various forms, semicircular, rectangular, or circular..
Yowl :: Yowl (n.) A loud, protracted, and mournful cry, as that of a dog; a howl..
Protractile :: Protractile (a.) Capable of being protracted, or protruded; protrusile..
Howl :: Howl (n.) The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound..
Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot..
Protractor :: Protractor (n.) An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound.
Tract :: Tract (v.) Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.
Protraction :: Protraction (n.) The act or process of making a plot on paper.
Continue :: Continue (v. t.) To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.
Linger :: Linger (v. t.) To protract; to draw out.
Protractor :: Protractor (n.) An adjustable pattern used by tailors.
Lingering :: Lingering (a.) Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease..
Protrusile :: Protrusile (a.) Capable of being protruded or thrust out; protractile; protrusive.
Protracted :: Protracted (a.) Prolonged; continued.
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