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protract

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8 lettersPronunciation /pɹəˈtɹakt/Part of speech verbSorted acoprrttStarts with PEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

Word origin

From the past participle stem of Latin prōtrahō. By surface analysis, pro- + tract.

Used in a sentence

  • Doubtless he shrives this woman to her smock; Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech.
  • 1755, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, London: J. and P. Knapton et al., Volume 1, Preface, I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please, have sunk into the grave […]
  • I should wish now to protract this moment ad infinitum; but I dare not.

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