protract

Definitions


[prəˈtrakt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- prolong
(e.g: he had certainly taken his time, even protracting the process)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 16th century (in the sense ‘to waste time’): from Latin protract- ‘prolonged’, from the verb protrahere, from pro- ‘out’ + trahere ‘to draw’




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