To protract something is to stretch it out. If you have a disagreement with a friend that you continue for weeks and weeks, you are protracting the argument.
Tedious continuance or delay.
Verb
lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
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.
v. t.
To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as,
to protract a decision or duty.
v. t.
To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles
of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
v. t.
To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its
claws; -- opposed to retract.
n.
Tedious continuance or delay.
Protract
Tedious continuance or delay.
Usage Examples
Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.
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