Definition of protract

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Protract (n.) Tedious continuance or delay.

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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..
Tract :: Tract (v.) Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.
Protracter :: Protracter (n.) A protractor.
Protraction :: Protraction (n.) The act or process of making a plot on paper.
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..
Protraction :: Protraction (n.) A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay; as, the protraction of a debate..
Protraction :: Protraction (n.) A plot on paper.
Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty..
Lingering :: Lingering (a.) Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease..
Overspin :: Overspin (v. t.) To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly.
Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness..
Elongation :: Elongation (n.) The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension..
Protract :: Protract (n.) Tedious continuance or delay.
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..
Protractor :: Protractor (n.) A muscle which extends an organ or part; -- opposed to retractor.
Protrusile :: Protrusile (a.) Capable of being protruded or thrust out; protractile; protrusive.
Prorogue :: Prorogue (v. t.) To protract; to prolong; to extend.
Continued :: Continued (p. p. & a.) Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a continued story..
Howl :: Howl (n.) The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound..
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