Definition of protract

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Protract (v. t.) To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty..

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Interminable :: Interminable (a.) Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings..
Protract :: Protract (n.) Tedious continuance or delay.
Linger :: Linger (v. t.) To protract; to draw out.
Protracted :: Protracted (a.) Prolonged; continued.
Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract..
Rhynchobdellea :: Rhynchobdellea (n. pl.) A suborder of leeches including those that have a protractile proboscis, without jaws. Clepsine is the type..
Protractor :: Protractor (n.) An adjustable pattern used by tailors.
Short :: Short (superl.) Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath..
Protraction :: Protraction (n.) A plot on paper.
Protracting :: Protracting (p. pr. vb. n.) of Protrac.
Elongation :: Elongation (n.) The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension..
Protractile :: Protractile (a.) Capable of being protracted, or protruded; protrusile..
Continue :: Continue (v. t.) To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.
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..
Protracter :: Protracter (n.) A protractor.
Protractor :: Protractor (n.) One who, or that which, protracts, or causes protraction..
Tickle :: Tickle (v. t.) To touch lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of spasm which become dengerous if too long protracted..
Diagraph :: Diagraph (n.) A drawing instrument, combining a protractor and scale..
Continuous :: Continuous (a.) Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity..
Yowl :: Yowl (n.) A loud, protracted, and mournful cry, as that of a dog; a howl..
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