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protracted, ppl. a.|prəʊˈtræktɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. Lengthened, extended, prolonged;
a. in time; spec. in protracted meeting.
1746–7Hervey Medit. (1767) I. 62 (Tombs) The divine Redeemer expired in tedious and protracted Torments. 1832Patriot & Farmer's Monitor (Kingston, Ontario) 10 Apr. 2/6 It is now required of the Episcopal Methodist preachers, to make the public acquainted with their motives for establishing Protracted Meetings. 1855Haliburton Nat. & Hum. Nat. i. I. 2 It's a gentleman that calculates to hold a protracted meeten here to night. 1860Bartlett Dict. Amer., Protracted Meeting, a name given in New England to a religious meeting, protracted or continued for several days. 1864Bryce Holy Rom. Emp. xix. (1875) 354 The miseries of a protracted war. 1925W. J. Bryan Mem. 17 A protracted meeting held in a Christian Church. 1948Chicago Tribune 21 Nov. vii. 1/7 Loafers' Glory..acquired that name years ago when a protracted meeting was held in the little log schoolhouse.
b. in space.
1784Cowper Task i. 257 Their shaded walks And long protracted bowers.
2. Drawn out; = prolate a. 1.
1816tr. Lacroix's Diff. & Int. Calculus 662 The protracted or contracted cycloid.
†3. Delayed, tardy. Obs.
1838tr. Strauss' Early Life Lutheran Clergym. ii. 12 A cart appeared with the protracted produce of the fields.
4. Drawn to scale; plotted out; see prec. 6.
1696Col. Rec. Pennsylv. I. 498 The Courses and protracted figure thereof. 1808Pike Sources Mississ. ii. App. 51 Lieutenant Wilkinson has copied and carries with him a very elegant protracted sketch of the route.
Hence proˈtractedly adv., in a protracted or long-continued way; proˈtractedness, long continuance or extent.
1847Webster, Protractedly. 1862F. Hall Hindu Philos. Syst. 29 Pursuing it with due heed, continuously, and protractedly. 1893F. Adams New Egypt 122 When..he told me that he himself..had received an order..I whistled protractedly, and decided offhand on going up to Cairo. 1888Talmage Serm. in N.Y. Witness 29 Feb., In regard to what is the protractedness and immensity of influence of one good woman in the church and world. |