PROTRACTS

Verb

protracts

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of protract

Source: Wiktionary

PROTRACT

Pro*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protracted; p. pr. vb. n. Protracting.] Etym: [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.)

Definition: To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.

4. (Zoöl.)

Definition: To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract.

Pro*tract", n. Etym: [L. protractus.]

Definition: Tedious continuance or delay. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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