protract

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• ⇰ To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; <as>as, to <ex>protract</ex> an argument; to <ex>protract</ex> a war.</as>
• ⇰ To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; <as>as, to <ex>protract</ex> a decision or duty</as>.
• ⇰ To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
• ⇰ To extend; to protrude; <as>as, the cat can <ex>protract</ex> its claws</as>; -- opposed to <contr>retract</contr>.

• ⇰ Tedious continuance or delay.