Protract Definition

prō-trăkt, prə-
protracted, protracting, protracts
verb
protracted, protracting, protracts
To draw out; lengthen in duration; prolong.
Webster's New World
To draw to scale; using a protractor and scale.
Webster's New World
To thrust out; extend.
Webster's New World
To extend; to protrude.
A cat can protract and retract its claws.
Wiktionary
To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer.
To protract a decision or duty.
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Origin of Protract

  • Latin prōtrahere prōtract- prō- forth pro–1 trahere to drag

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the past participle stem of Latin prōtrahō.

    From Wiktionary

Protract Sentence Examples

  • One of them forbade a citizen to protract his life beyond sixty years.

  • But more troubles arose at Bagdad, and other reasons intervened to protract negotiations for a year and a half.

  • But there were dissensions within, both between Baldwin and his mother, Melisinda, who sought to protract her regency unduly, and between contending parties in Antioch, where the hand of Constance, Raymund's widow, was a desirable prize 4; while from without the horns of the crescent were slowly closing in on the kingdom.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRO

Words Ending With

TCTACT

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Words Starting With P and Ending With T

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