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What does "protract" mean?

Protract: To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty. Shak.

Additional senses

  1. 2.(Surv.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
  2. 3.(Zoöl.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract.
  3. 4.Tedious continuance or delay. [Obs.] Spenser.

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