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Definitions
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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