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To prolong is to make something last longer.

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When you read the last few pages of a good book very slowly so you can enjoy reading it longer, this is an example of a time when you prolong the book.

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transitive verb

to lengthen or extend in time or space

also prolongate

Origin: ME prolongen < MFr prolonguer < LL prolongare < L pro-, forth + longus, long: see pro- & long

Related Forms:

prolongation noun
prolonger noun

See prolong in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb pro·longed, pro·long·ing, pro·longs

To lengthen in duration; protract.
To lengthen in extent.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English prolongen

Origin: , from Old French prolonguer

Origin: , from Late Latin prōlongāre

Origin: : Latin prō-, forth; see pro-¹

Origin: + Latin longus, long; see del-¹ in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

pro·longˈer noun

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