Protract
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( 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.
(2): ( v. t.) To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty.
(3): ( v. t.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
(4): ( v. t.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; - opposed to retract.
(5): ( n.) Tedious continuance or delay.
King James Dictionary [2]
Protract', L. protractus, from pro and traho, to draw.
1. To draw out or lengthen in time to continue to prolong as, to protract an argument to protract a discussion to protract a war or a negotiation. 2. To delay to defer to put off to a distant time as, to protract the decision of a question to protract the final issue.
Protract', n. Tedious continuance. Not used.
