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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Protract \Pro*tract"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Protracted}; p. pr. vb. n. {Protracting}.] [L. protractus, p. p. of protrahere to forth, protract; pro forward + trahere to draw. See {Portrait}, {Portray}.]
1. 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. To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty. --Shak.
3. (Surv.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
4. (Zo["o]l.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to {retract}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Protracted \Pro*tract'ed\, adjective Prolonged; continued.
{Protracted meeting},a religious meeting continued for many successive days. [U. S.] -- {Pro*tract"ed*ly}, adverb -- {Pro*tract"ed*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
protracted
adjective: relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations" [syn: {drawn-out}, {extended}, {lengthy}, {prolonged}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "protracted": de longue haleine, dragged out, dragging, drawn, drawn out, drawn-out, elongated, endless, everlasting, extended, filled out, interminable, languishing, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering, long, long-continuing, long-drawn, long-drawn-out, long-pending, long-spun, long-winded, longiloquent, longsome, marathon, never-ending, overlong, padded, prolix, prolongated, prolonged, pulled, spun out, spun-out, straggling, strained, stretched, stretched out, stretched-out, strung out, talkative, taut, tense, tight, unrelenting, verbose, windy, wordy
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