protractn.

Brit.

/prəˈtrakt/, U.S.

/prəˈtræk(t)/,

/proʊˈtræk(t)/

Forms: 1500s protracte, 1600s 1900s– protract.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: Latin prōtractus ; protract v.

Etymology: Partly < classical Latin prōtractus postponement, delay ( < prōtract- , past participial stem of prōtrahere protract v. + -tus, suffix forming verbal nouns), and partly directly < protract v.

†1. Extension or prolongation of time; delay, procrastination. Only in protract of time. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > lengthening in duration or prolonging

continuancec1374

prorogationc1400

prolongation?a1425

training1440

lengthingc1480

enlonging1509

prolonging1528

protraction1535

protract of time1536

productionc1540

trait1545

lengthening1574

continuation1587

prolongment1593

conserving1610

extensiona1631

wire-drawing1640

continuing1643

spinning1644

permansion1646

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun]

longingeOE

bideOE

abodec1225

bodea1300

demura1300

dwella1300

litinga1300

delayc1300

delayingc1300

demurrancec1300

but honec1325

without ensoignec1325

abidec1330

dretchingc1330

dwellingc1330

essoinc1330

tarrying1340

litea1350

delaymenta1393

respitea1393

oversettinga1398

delayancea1400

delitea1400

lingeringa1400

stounding?a1400

sunyiea1400

targea1400

train?a1400

deferring14..

dilation14..

dayc1405

prolongingc1425

spacec1430

adjourningc1436

retardationc1437

prolongation?a1439

training1440

adjournment1445

sleuthingc1450

tarry1451

tarriance1460

prorogation1476

oversetc1485

tarriage1488

debaid1489

supersedement1492

superseding1494

off-putting1496

postponing1496

tract1503

dilating1509

sparinga1513

hafting1519

sufferance1523

tracking1524

sticking1525

stay1530

pause1532

protraction1535

tracting1535

protract of time1536

protracting1540

postposition1546

staying1546

procrastination1548

difference1559

surceasing1560

tardation1568

detract1570

detracting1572

tarryment1575

rejourning1578

detraction1579

longness1579

rejournment1579

holding1581

reprieving1583

cunctation1585

retarding1585

retardance1586

temporizing1587

by and by1591

suspensea1592

procrastinatinga1594

tardance1595

linger1597

forslacking1600

morrowing1602

recess1603

deferment1612

attendance1614

put-off1623

adjournal1627

fristing1637

hanging-up1638

retardment1640

dilatoriness1642

suspension1645

stickagea1647

tardidation1647

transtemporation1651

demurragea1656

prolatation1656

prolation1656

moration1658

perendination1658

offput1730

retardure1751

postponement1757

retard1781

traverse1799

tarrowing1832

mañana1845

temporization1888

procrastinativeness1893

deferral1895

traa dy liooar1897

stalling1927

heel-tapping1949

off-put1970

1536 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 298 The doing therof will aske a protracte of tyme.

1572 in C. Innes Registrum Honoris de Morton (1853) I. 76 By long delay and protracte of tyme many inconveniencis may chance.

a1640 J. Ogle Parlie at Ostend in F. Vere Commentaries (1657) 143 By protract of time, and casualties of war, he found his numbers wasted.

1646 Unhappy Game Scotch & Eng. 4 The difference would only be in the protract of time, not in the nature of the thing.

†2. A delineation, a drawing. Cf. portrait n. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > a drawing

draughta1400

protract1585

drawing1669

trace1744

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xix. 53 b I made the draughtes and protractes heere represented vnto you [Fr. ie fey les pourtraicts icy representez].

3. U.S. colloquial. = protracted meeting n. at protracted adj. Compounds. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > council > [noun] > protracted

protracted meeting1831

protract1908

1908 Mission Field Jan. 343 There is always a great religious awakening at the annual revival or ‘protract’... When the ‘protract’ is over their emotions are calmed and every man returns to his own ‘vine and fig tree’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

protractv.

Brit.

/prəˈtrakt/, U.S.

/prəˈtræk(t)/,

/proʊˈtræk(t)/

Forms: 1500s protracte, 1500s– protract, 1600s protrack, 1600s protraicte; Scottish pre-1700 protrat, pre-1700 1700s– protract.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prōtract-, prōtrahere.

Etymology: < classical Latin prōtract-, past participial stem of prōtrahere to draw forward, to reveal, to extend, to prolong, defer, in post-classical Latin also to draw, portray, paint (from 12th cent. in British sources, 1323 in a continental source) < prō- pro- prefix¹ + trahere to draw, drag (see tract n.³).With sense 5 compare earlier protraction n. 1 and portray v.

1. transitive. To extend or prolong (time) so as to cause delay; to waste (time). Now U.S.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > spending time > spend time [verb (intransitive)] > waste time

prolong1449

protract1526

dally?1548

to burn daylight1597

lapse1667

to hinder time1712

niffle1775

to cut to waste1863

1526 T. Wolsey in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. i. v. 66 His refusal proceeded of no manner of compass or intent to protract time for any sinister purpose.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxl All these faire wordes, wer onely delaies to protracte tyme.

1601 in Cal. State Papers Scotl. (1969) XIII. App. 1139 I men nathing les then to agre this onlie to protrat tym til May, at uhat tym I shal be fre of that ath ve mad to the King of Spain.

1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 253 Protracting the time, till his whole army had rounded them.

1696 R. Coke Detection Court & State Eng. (ed. 2) I. iii. ii. 38 They..gave Orders to their Plenipotentiaries, to protract time according as they saw Disorders to encrease.

1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V II. ii.145 This they did merely to protract time.

1865 A. J. H. Duganne Camps & Prisons (ed. 2) iii. 28 Slow-dragging wagons, on miry roads, with much loading and unloading of regimental baggage,..protract time wearisomely.

1933 J. W. Johnson Along this Way in Jrnl. Blacks in Higher Educ. (2001) No. 31. 65/2 It grew obvious that he [sc. a hotel clerk] was protracting the time. Finally he could delay no longer and came to the desk.

1995 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 55 42 The reference here is to the Lord of Luyang waving his pike to make the sun turn back and thus protract time.

†2.

a. transitive. To delay, put off, postpone (an action or event). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)]

forslowc888

eldc897

forsita940

gele971

lengOE

drilla1300

delayc1300

onfrestc1300

tarryc1320

jornc1330

dretchc1380

defer1382

forbida1387

to put offa1387

to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393

dilate1399

fordrawa1400

to put overc1410

latch?c1422

adjournc1425

prolongc1425

proloynec1425

rejournc1425

to put in respite1428

sleuthc1430

respitea1450

prorogue1453

refer1466

sleep1470

supersede1482

respectc1487

postpone1496

overseta1500

respett1500

enjourna1513

relong1523

retract1524

tarde1524

track1524

to fode forth1525

tract1527

protract1528

further1529

to make stay of1530

surcease1530

prorogate1534

to fay upon longc1540

linger1543

retard?1543

slake1544

procrastine1548

reprieve1548

remit1550

suspense1556

leave1559

shiftc1562

suspend1566

procrastinate1569

dally1574

post1577

to hold off1580

drift1584

loiter1589

postpose1598

to take one's (own) timea1602

flag1602

slug1605

elong1610

belay1613

demur1613

tardya1616

to hang up1623

frist1637

disjourn1642

future1642

off1642

waive1653

superannuate1655

perendinate1656

stave1664

detard1675

remora1686

to put back1718

withhold1726

protract1737

to keep over1847

to hold over1853

laten1860

to lay over1885

hold1891

back-burner1975

1528 King Henry VIII in G. Burnet Hist. Ref. ii. Rec. xix [If you] do thus delay, protract and put over the accomplishment of the Kings so instant desire.

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 341 If the Interview..must needs follow (which yet he wished were protracted).

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. ii. 282 The dispute..protracted the clausure [of the conclave].

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. v. 116 He attempted, however, to prevent, or at least to protract, his ruin.

1808 E. Sleath Bristol Heiress IV. 219 Lord L——s' marriage, which had been protracted..was celebrated in Grosvenor-square.

b. transitive. To cause delay to, put off (a person). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)]

forslowc888

eldc897

forsita940

gele971

lengOE

drilla1300

delayc1300

onfrestc1300

tarryc1320

jornc1330

dretchc1380

defer1382

forbida1387

to put offa1387

to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393

dilate1399

fordrawa1400

to put overc1410

latch?c1422

adjournc1425

prolongc1425

proloynec1425

rejournc1425

to put in respite1428

sleuthc1430

respitea1450

prorogue1453

refer1466

sleep1470

supersede1482

respectc1487

postpone1496

overseta1500

respett1500

enjourna1513

relong1523

retract1524

tarde1524

track1524

to fode forth1525

tract1527

protract1528

further1529

to make stay of1530

surcease1530

prorogate1534

to fay upon longc1540

linger1543

retard?1543

slake1544

procrastine1548

reprieve1548

remit1550

suspense1556

leave1559

shiftc1562

suspend1566

procrastinate1569

dally1574

post1577

to hold off1580

drift1584

loiter1589

postpose1598

to take one's (own) timea1602

flag1602

slug1605

elong1610

belay1613

demur1613

tardya1616

to hang up1623

frist1637

disjourn1642

future1642

off1642

waive1653

superannuate1655

perendinate1656

stave1664

detard1675

remora1686

to put back1718

withhold1726

protract1737

to keep over1847

to hold over1853

laten1860

to lay over1885

hold1891

back-burner1975

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews xi. iv, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 335 Desire..to delay and protract the Jews in their zeal.

†3. intransitive. To put off action, delay. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)]

geleOE

studegieOE

abideOE

to do in or a (= on) fristc1175

dwellc1175

demurc1230

targec1250

dretcha1325

tarrya1375

sojourn1377

defer1382

letc1385

hinderc1386

blina1400

delay?a1400

honea1400

litea1400

overbidea1400

prolongc1425

supersede1433

hoverc1440

tarrowc1480

sunyie1488

stay?a1500

sleep1519

slack1530

protract1540

linger1548

procrastinate1548

slackc1560

slug1565

jauk1568

temporize1579

detract1584

longering1587

sit1591

prorogue1593

to time it out1613

to lie out1640

crastinate1656

taigle17..

to hang fire1782

to hold off1790

to hang it on1819

prevaricate1854

to lie over1856

to tread water1942

to drag one's feet1946

1540 T. Wyatt Let. to Cromwell f. 232 I did by a third put in to theire hedd[es] [tha]t if thei did protract yet xi days or ij monthis thei shold p[er]aventure be desird off that wich now thei offer.

1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 293 They had not lost the Battle of Vaila, had they..protracted but ten days.

4. transitive. To extend (an action or event) in time; to cause to continue or last longer; to prolong.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > cause to endure, sustain, or prolong

lengOE

drawOE

teec1200

forlengtha1300

lengtha1300

drivec1300

tarryc1320

proloynec1350

continuec1380

to draw alonga1382

longa1382

dretch1393

conservea1398

to draw (out) in, into, at, or on lengtha1400

prorogue1419

prolongc1425

aroomc1440

prorogate?a1475

protend?a1475

dilate1489

forlong1496

relong1523

to draw out1542

sustentate1542

linger1543

defer1546

pertract1548

propagate1548

protract1548

linger1550

lengthen1555

train1556

detract?a1562

to make forth (long, longer)1565

stretch1568

extend1574

extenuate1583

dree1584

wire-draw1598

to spin out1603

trail1604

disabridge1605

produce1605

continuate1611

out-length1617

spin1629

to eke out1641

producta1670

prolongate1671

drawl1694

drag1697

perennate1698

string1867

perennialize1898

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xliv^v He knewe the pleasure of the kyng in furtherynge or protractyng the warres of Scotland.

1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades i. sig. B1^v Hence doating Priest, nor let me find thy stay protracted now In circuite of our hollow Fleete.

1614 J. Sylvester Bethulia's Rescue ii. 439 But, with thy Dayes thy Dolours to protrack, Thou shalt from hence unto Bethulia pack.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iii. 99 Else ne're could he so long protract his speech.

1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Sigismonda & Guiscardo in Fables 136 But I..Protracting Life, have liv'd a Day too long.

1814 W. Scott Waverley II. vi. 111 As an Epicure protracts, by sipping slowly, the enjoyment of a delicious beverage.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. xxxix. 101 Their stay was protracted for some weeks.

1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. v. iii. 230 The dance upon the sward was protracted to a late hour.

1905 E. Wharton House of Mirth ii. iii. 349 The dinner had been protracted over..a bewildering array of liqueurs.

1937 A. J. Cronin Citadel i. ii. 16 Aware that he could protract his investigation no longer, he straightened himself slowly, folding up his stethoscope.

1996 New Statesman 26 July 20/1 Litigants and lawyers are free to complicate and protract the process.

5. transitive. To draw, esp. accurately or to scale; spec. (a) to mark or plot out (an area, a ground plan); (b) to draw (a figure, line, etc.) using a protractor and scale. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > represent graphically [verb (transitive)] > to scale

protract1559

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 111 The principal tresure of Cosmography, that is to delineat, protract, or set forth the platforme of th'vniuersall face of th'earth.

1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue iii. 128 Where the one protracteth the worke, by the degrees, found by the fall of the wandring Index: so the other protracteth from the degree, whereupon the needle falleth.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. 6 After you have taken the Angles..You must Protract or lay down the Figure.

1715 Mass. House of Representatives Jrnl. 1 5 A petition of Joseph Morse..Praying that a Plot of Four Thousand Acres of Land..laid out and protracted by Thomas White..may be confirmed.

1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying How to measure a close, or parcel of land, and to protract it, and give up the content.

1816 U. Brown Jrnl. ii. 233 [He] said it would hinder too much time for him to lay the Course we had run & protract the true one.

1881 E. Hull in Nature 22 Dec. 177/2 If we protract to a true scale the outlines of certain tracts of the British Isles.

2001 B. W. Higman Jamaica Surveyed iii. 61 Philip and Samuel Morris protracted as many as 23 small areas from a number of estates on one sheet between 1808 and 1811.

a. transitive. To extend in space or position; to elongate; to project.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (transitive)]

to-spreada1000

spread?c1225

sowc1350

to-scattera1382

diffund?a1425

dilate1430

disparklec1449

diffuse?a1475

provulgate1535

disperse1576

distract1600

disseminate1603

protracta1658

unroll1813

a1658 J. Durham Expos. Rev. (1680) vi. 31 Concerning Christs Body on earth, or ubiquitie of his humanitie, or bodily presence with his churches, or for protracting of his Body.

1749 T. Smollett Regicide v. vii. 74 To save his Country, and protract his Blaze Of Glory, farther still!

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. II. xviii. 341 Our pre-knowledge of the several intervening objects being equi-distant, tends still more to protract the apparent length.

1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion ii. 52 Many a ramble, far And wide protracted, through the tamer ground Of these our unimaginative days.

1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) x. 131 These setae..are provided with muscles by means of which they can be protracted (thrust out) or retracted within the sacs.

1997 BioScience 47 344/1 The afferents also have evolved several times independently, but only in frogs that use inertial elongation to protract the tongue.

†b. transitive. To extend or amplify in meaning; = stretch v. 22a. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 363 If any thing happen to oppose common Sense, they protract the meaning [of the prophecy] Mysteriously or Anagogically.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	protract
释义	protractn. Brit. /prəˈtrakt/, U.S. /prəˈtræk(t)/, /proʊˈtræk(t)/ Forms: 1500s protracte, 1600s 1900s– protract. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: Latin prōtractus ; protract v. Etymology: Partly < classical Latin prōtractus postponement, delay ( < prōtract- , past participial stem of prōtrahere protract v. + -tus, suffix forming verbal nouns), and partly directly < protract v. †1. Extension or prolongation of time; delay, procrastination. Only in protract of time. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > lengthening in duration or prolonging continuancec1374 prorogationc1400 prolongation?a1425 training1440 lengthingc1480 enlonging1509 prolonging1528 protraction1535 protract of time1536 productionc1540 trait1545 lengthening1574 continuation1587 prolongment1593 conserving1610 extensiona1631 wire-drawing1640 continuing1643 spinning1644 permansion1646 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] longingeOE bideOE abodec1225 bodea1300 demura1300 dwella1300 litinga1300 delayc1300 delayingc1300 demurrancec1300 but honec1325 without ensoignec1325 abidec1330 dretchingc1330 dwellingc1330 essoinc1330 tarrying1340 litea1350 delaymenta1393 respitea1393 oversettinga1398 delayancea1400 delitea1400 lingeringa1400 stounding?a1400 sunyiea1400 targea1400 train?a1400 deferring14.. dilation14.. dayc1405 prolongingc1425 spacec1430 adjourningc1436 retardationc1437 prolongation?a1439 training1440 adjournment1445 sleuthingc1450 tarry1451 tarriance1460 prorogation1476 oversetc1485 tarriage1488 debaid1489 supersedement1492 superseding1494 off-putting1496 postponing1496 tract1503 dilating1509 sparinga1513 hafting1519 sufferance1523 tracking1524 sticking1525 stay1530 pause1532 protraction1535 tracting1535 protract of time1536 protracting1540 postposition1546 staying1546 procrastination1548 difference1559 surceasing1560 tardation1568 detract1570 detracting1572 tarryment1575 rejourning1578 detraction1579 longness1579 rejournment1579 holding1581 reprieving1583 cunctation1585 retarding1585 retardance1586 temporizing1587 by and by1591 suspensea1592 procrastinatinga1594 tardance1595 linger1597 forslacking1600 morrowing1602 recess1603 deferment1612 attendance1614 put-off1623 adjournal1627 fristing1637 hanging-up1638 retardment1640 dilatoriness1642 suspension1645 stickagea1647 tardidation1647 transtemporation1651 demurragea1656 prolatation1656 prolation1656 moration1658 perendination1658 offput1730 retardure1751 postponement1757 retard1781 traverse1799 tarrowing1832 mañana1845 temporization1888 procrastinativeness1893 deferral1895 traa dy liooar1897 stalling1927 heel-tapping1949 off-put1970 1536 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 298 The doing therof will aske a protracte of tyme. 1572 in C. Innes Registrum Honoris de Morton (1853) I. 76 By long delay and protracte of tyme many inconveniencis may chance. a1640 J. Ogle Parlie at Ostend in F. Vere Commentaries (1657) 143 By protract of time, and casualties of war, he found his numbers wasted. 1646 Unhappy Game Scotch & Eng. 4 The difference would only be in the protract of time, not in the nature of the thing. †2. A delineation, a drawing. Cf. portrait n. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > a drawing draughta1400 protract1585 drawing1669 trace1744 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xix. 53 b I made the draughtes and protractes heere represented vnto you [Fr. ie fey les pourtraicts icy representez]. 3. U.S. colloquial. = protracted meeting n. at protracted adj. Compounds. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > council > [noun] > protracted protracted meeting1831 protract1908 1908 Mission Field Jan. 343 There is always a great religious awakening at the annual revival or ‘protract’... When the ‘protract’ is over their emotions are calmed and every man returns to his own ‘vine and fig tree’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). protractv. Brit. /prəˈtrakt/, U.S. /prəˈtræk(t)/, /proʊˈtræk(t)/ Forms: 1500s protracte, 1500s– protract, 1600s protrack, 1600s protraicte; Scottish pre-1700 protrat, pre-1700 1700s– protract. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prōtract-, prōtrahere. Etymology: < classical Latin prōtract-, past participial stem of prōtrahere to draw forward, to reveal, to extend, to prolong, defer, in post-classical Latin also to draw, portray, paint (from 12th cent. in British sources, 1323 in a continental source) < prō- pro- prefix¹ + trahere to draw, drag (see tract n.³).With sense 5 compare earlier protraction n. 1 and portray v. 1. transitive. To extend or prolong (time) so as to cause delay; to waste (time). Now U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > spend time [verb (intransitive)] > waste time prolong1449 protract1526 dally?1548 to burn daylight1597 lapse1667 to hinder time1712 niffle1775 to cut to waste1863 1526 T. Wolsey in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. i. v. 66 His refusal proceeded of no manner of compass or intent to protract time for any sinister purpose. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxl All these faire wordes, wer onely delaies to protracte tyme. 1601 in Cal. State Papers Scotl. (1969) XIII. App. 1139 I men nathing les then to agre this onlie to protrat tym til May, at uhat tym I shal be fre of that ath ve mad to the King of Spain. 1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 253 Protracting the time, till his whole army had rounded them. 1696 R. Coke Detection Court & State Eng. (ed. 2) I. iii. ii. 38 They..gave Orders to their Plenipotentiaries, to protract time according as they saw Disorders to encrease. 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V II. ii.145 This they did merely to protract time. 1865 A. J. H. Duganne Camps & Prisons (ed. 2) iii. 28 Slow-dragging wagons, on miry roads, with much loading and unloading of regimental baggage,..protract time wearisomely. 1933 J. W. Johnson Along this Way in Jrnl. Blacks in Higher Educ. (2001) No. 31. 65/2 It grew obvious that he [sc. a hotel clerk] was protracting the time. Finally he could delay no longer and came to the desk. 1995 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 55 42 The reference here is to the Lord of Luyang waving his pike to make the sun turn back and thus protract time. †2. a. transitive. To delay, put off, postpone (an action or event). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] forslowc888 eldc897 forsita940 gele971 lengOE drilla1300 delayc1300 onfrestc1300 tarryc1320 jornc1330 dretchc1380 defer1382 forbida1387 to put offa1387 to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393 dilate1399 fordrawa1400 to put overc1410 latch?c1422 adjournc1425 prolongc1425 proloynec1425 rejournc1425 to put in respite1428 sleuthc1430 respitea1450 prorogue1453 refer1466 sleep1470 supersede1482 respectc1487 postpone1496 overseta1500 respett1500 enjourna1513 relong1523 retract1524 tarde1524 track1524 to fode forth1525 tract1527 protract1528 further1529 to make stay of1530 surcease1530 prorogate1534 to fay upon longc1540 linger1543 retard?1543 slake1544 procrastine1548 reprieve1548 remit1550 suspense1556 leave1559 shiftc1562 suspend1566 procrastinate1569 dally1574 post1577 to hold off1580 drift1584 loiter1589 postpose1598 to take one's (own) timea1602 flag1602 slug1605 elong1610 belay1613 demur1613 tardya1616 to hang up1623 frist1637 disjourn1642 future1642 off1642 waive1653 superannuate1655 perendinate1656 stave1664 detard1675 remora1686 to put back1718 withhold1726 protract1737 to keep over1847 to hold over1853 laten1860 to lay over1885 hold1891 back-burner1975 1528 King Henry VIII in G. Burnet Hist. Ref. ii. Rec. xix [If you] do thus delay, protract and put over the accomplishment of the Kings so instant desire. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 341 If the Interview..must needs follow (which yet he wished were protracted). 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. ii. 282 The dispute..protracted the clausure [of the conclave]. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. v. 116 He attempted, however, to prevent, or at least to protract, his ruin. 1808 E. Sleath Bristol Heiress IV. 219 Lord L——s' marriage, which had been protracted..was celebrated in Grosvenor-square. b. transitive. To cause delay to, put off (a person). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] forslowc888 eldc897 forsita940 gele971 lengOE drilla1300 delayc1300 onfrestc1300 tarryc1320 jornc1330 dretchc1380 defer1382 forbida1387 to put offa1387 to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393 dilate1399 fordrawa1400 to put overc1410 latch?c1422 adjournc1425 prolongc1425 proloynec1425 rejournc1425 to put in respite1428 sleuthc1430 respitea1450 prorogue1453 refer1466 sleep1470 supersede1482 respectc1487 postpone1496 overseta1500 respett1500 enjourna1513 relong1523 retract1524 tarde1524 track1524 to fode forth1525 tract1527 protract1528 further1529 to make stay of1530 surcease1530 prorogate1534 to fay upon longc1540 linger1543 retard?1543 slake1544 procrastine1548 reprieve1548 remit1550 suspense1556 leave1559 shiftc1562 suspend1566 procrastinate1569 dally1574 post1577 to hold off1580 drift1584 loiter1589 postpose1598 to take one's (own) timea1602 flag1602 slug1605 elong1610 belay1613 demur1613 tardya1616 to hang up1623 frist1637 disjourn1642 future1642 off1642 waive1653 superannuate1655 perendinate1656 stave1664 detard1675 remora1686 to put back1718 withhold1726 protract1737 to keep over1847 to hold over1853 laten1860 to lay over1885 hold1891 back-burner1975 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews xi. iv, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 335 Desire..to delay and protract the Jews in their zeal. †3. intransitive. To put off action, delay. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] geleOE studegieOE abideOE to do in or a (= on) fristc1175 dwellc1175 demurc1230 targec1250 dretcha1325 tarrya1375 sojourn1377 defer1382 letc1385 hinderc1386 blina1400 delay?a1400 honea1400 litea1400 overbidea1400 prolongc1425 supersede1433 hoverc1440 tarrowc1480 sunyie1488 stay?a1500 sleep1519 slack1530 protract1540 linger1548 procrastinate1548 slackc1560 slug1565 jauk1568 temporize1579 detract1584 longering1587 sit1591 prorogue1593 to time it out1613 to lie out1640 crastinate1656 taigle17.. to hang fire1782 to hold off1790 to hang it on1819 prevaricate1854 to lie over1856 to tread water1942 to drag one's feet1946 1540 T. Wyatt Let. to Cromwell f. 232 I did by a third put in to theire hedd[es] [tha]t if thei did protract yet xi days or ij monthis thei shold p[er]aventure be desird off that wich now thei offer. 1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 293 They had not lost the Battle of Vaila, had they..protracted but ten days. 4. transitive. To extend (an action or event) in time; to cause to continue or last longer; to prolong. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > cause to endure, sustain, or prolong lengOE drawOE teec1200 forlengtha1300 lengtha1300 drivec1300 tarryc1320 proloynec1350 continuec1380 to draw alonga1382 longa1382 dretch1393 conservea1398 to draw (out) in, into, at, or on lengtha1400 prorogue1419 prolongc1425 aroomc1440 prorogate?a1475 protend?a1475 dilate1489 forlong1496 relong1523 to draw out1542 sustentate1542 linger1543 defer1546 pertract1548 propagate1548 protract1548 linger1550 lengthen1555 train1556 detract?a1562 to make forth (long, longer)1565 stretch1568 extend1574 extenuate1583 dree1584 wire-draw1598 to spin out1603 trail1604 disabridge1605 produce1605 continuate1611 out-length1617 spin1629 to eke out1641 producta1670 prolongate1671 drawl1694 drag1697 perennate1698 string1867 perennialize1898 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xliv^v He knewe the pleasure of the kyng in furtherynge or protractyng the warres of Scotland. 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades i. sig. B1^v Hence doating Priest, nor let me find thy stay protracted now In circuite of our hollow Fleete. 1614 J. Sylvester Bethulia's Rescue ii. 439 But, with thy Dayes thy Dolours to protrack, Thou shalt from hence unto Bethulia pack. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iii. 99 Else ne're could he so long protract his speech. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Sigismonda & Guiscardo in Fables 136 But I..Protracting Life, have liv'd a Day too long. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. vi. 111 As an Epicure protracts, by sipping slowly, the enjoyment of a delicious beverage. View more context for this quotation 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. xxxix. 101 Their stay was protracted for some weeks. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. v. iii. 230 The dance upon the sward was protracted to a late hour. 1905 E. Wharton House of Mirth ii. iii. 349 The dinner had been protracted over..a bewildering array of liqueurs. 1937 A. J. Cronin Citadel i. ii. 16 Aware that he could protract his investigation no longer, he straightened himself slowly, folding up his stethoscope. 1996 New Statesman 26 July 20/1 Litigants and lawyers are free to complicate and protract the process. 5. transitive. To draw, esp. accurately or to scale; spec. (a) to mark or plot out (an area, a ground plan); (b) to draw (a figure, line, etc.) using a protractor and scale. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > represent graphically [verb (transitive)] > to scale protract1559 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 111 The principal tresure of Cosmography, that is to delineat, protract, or set forth the platforme of th'vniuersall face of th'earth. 1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue iii. 128 Where the one protracteth the worke, by the degrees, found by the fall of the wandring Index: so the other protracteth from the degree, whereupon the needle falleth. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. 6 After you have taken the Angles..You must Protract or lay down the Figure. 1715 Mass. House of Representatives Jrnl. 1 5 A petition of Joseph Morse..Praying that a Plot of Four Thousand Acres of Land..laid out and protracted by Thomas White..may be confirmed. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying How to measure a close, or parcel of land, and to protract it, and give up the content. 1816 U. Brown Jrnl. ii. 233 [He] said it would hinder too much time for him to lay the Course we had run & protract the true one. 1881 E. Hull in Nature 22 Dec. 177/2 If we protract to a true scale the outlines of certain tracts of the British Isles. 2001 B. W. Higman Jamaica Surveyed iii. 61 Philip and Samuel Morris protracted as many as 23 small areas from a number of estates on one sheet between 1808 and 1811. 6. a. transitive. To extend in space or position; to elongate; to project. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [verb (transitive)] to-spreada1000 spread?c1225 sowc1350 to-scattera1382 diffund?a1425 dilate1430 disparklec1449 diffuse?a1475 provulgate1535 disperse1576 distract1600 disseminate1603 protracta1658 unroll1813 a1658 J. Durham Expos. Rev. (1680) vi. 31 Concerning Christs Body on earth, or ubiquitie of his humanitie, or bodily presence with his churches, or for protracting of his Body. 1749 T. Smollett Regicide v. vii. 74 To save his Country, and protract his Blaze Of Glory, farther still! 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. II. xviii. 341 Our pre-knowledge of the several intervening objects being equi-distant, tends still more to protract the apparent length. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion ii. 52 Many a ramble, far And wide protracted, through the tamer ground Of these our unimaginative days. 1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) x. 131 These setae..are provided with muscles by means of which they can be protracted (thrust out) or retracted within the sacs. 1997 BioScience 47 344/1 The afferents also have evolved several times independently, but only in frogs that use inertial elongation to protract the tongue. †b. transitive. To extend or amplify in meaning; = stretch v. 22a. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 363 If any thing happen to oppose common Sense, they protract the meaning [of the prophecy] Mysteriously or Anagogically. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1536v.1526
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