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procrastinated
simple past tense and past participle of procrastinate
Source: Wiktionary
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
12 January 2025
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States