PROCRASTINATED

Verb

procrastinated

simple past tense and past participle of procrastinate

Source: Wiktionary


PROCRASTINATE

Pro*cras"ti*nate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Procrastinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Procrastinating.] Etym: [L. procrastinatus, p. p. of procrastinare to procrastinate; pro forward + crastinus of to-morrow, fr. cras to- morrow.]

Definition: To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance. Dr. H. More. Hopeless and helpless Ægeon wend, But to procrastinate his lifeless end. Shak.

Syn.

– To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay; retard; protract; prolong.

Pro*cras"ti*nate, v. i.

Definition: To delay; to be dilatory. I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago. Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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