protractingn.

Brit.

/prəˈtraktɪŋ/, U.S.

/prəˈtræktɪŋ/,

/proʊˈtræktɪŋ/

Forms: see protract v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: protract v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < protract v. + -ing suffix¹.

†a. The putting off or postponement of an action; delaying. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

1540 T. Wyatt Let. to Cromwell f. 240 I think he protract the tretyng w[i]t[h] them by eny oth[e]r (of wiche protractyng the byshopp of lynden grettly co[m]plainethe.

1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 125 More oftentimes profiteth and helpeth hee by protracting, then venturing rashly.

1608 Mem. in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 76 The protracting of a plantation until the Ward come to years.

†b. The extending or prolonging of time so as to cause delay; dilatory action. Only in protracting of time. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. lxxxix^v The duke of Bedford..not content with their whisperynges and protractyng of tyme.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 590 Through his long delay, and protracting of time to make all thinges sure, he let slippe sundry occasions of notable exploytes, wherein good seruice might haue bene done.

a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) ii. 114 If any danger be likely to ensue by the protracting of time.

1698 J. Strype Life Sir T. Smith xiv. 174 This the Secretary shewed her the inconvenience of, namely, that it would be a protracting of time.

c. The extending or prolonging of an action in time.

ΚΠ

1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia i. f. 31^v The Galles were now weary with long protracting of the war.

1601 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law (1602) i. 75 The tedious and odious protracting of suits.

1859 J. G. Palfrey Hist. New Eng. I. xi. 464 His officers shrank from..leaving their homes so long undefended as the protracting of the campaign through several days would require.

1962 Times 27 Nov. 3/6 The protracting of what is essentially a one-day or at most two day programme over three days seems indefensible.

1963 J. A. Yunck Lineage Lady Meed iv. ii. 154 Such practices as the deliberate protracting of litigation or the jumping from client to client for higher fees could be carried on with impunity.

†2. Drawing or plotting out to scale; delineation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

tracingc1440

drawing1467

draught1551

protracture1551

delineation1570

proposition1584

delineating1603

protracting1661

iconography1678

graphic design1956

1661 J. Brown Descr. & Use Joynt-rule xvii. 91 These lines of equal parts serve as Scales, for the protracting of any Draught of house or field, or the like.

1669 P. Staynred Compend. Fortification (title page) in S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. The Scale, for speedy Protracting of any Fort.

1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying These squares and long squares need no protracting; for you need only to multiply the chains and links of the length, by the chains and links of the breadth.

Compounds

General attributive, denoting instruments used in drawing and plotting (cf. sense 2), as †protracting-bevel, †protracting-needle, †protracting pin, etc.

ΚΠ

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. iv. xi. 178 To know the Rhomb between any two Places..by a Protracting Quadrant.

1701 T. Tuttell Descr. Math. Instruments in J. Moxon Math. made Easie (ed. 3) 16 Protracting Pin, a taper piece of brass with a Point of Silver, to draw black Lines on Mathematical Paper, and a small Head..which holds a fine Needle to prick off any Degree and part from the Protractor.

1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying Having drawn lines with the point of the compasses, or a protracting-needle, the intersections represent the angles.

1860 W. E. Newton Brit. Patent 1793 (1861) 1 An improved mathematical or plotting instrument which I intend to denominate a protracting trigonometer.

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Protracting-bevel, a plotting-instrument having a protracting sector and a prolongation of one radius, which forms a rule.

1877 Manufacturer & Builder Aug. 175/3 The patent right to..protracting bevel, $100.

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

protractingadj.

Brit.

/prəˈtraktɪŋ/, U.S.

/prəˈtræktɪŋ/,

/proʊˈtræktɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: protract v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < protract v. + -ing suffix².

That protracts; delaying or time-consuming; (in later use) extending.

ΘΚΠ

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

tarryingc1386

delayous1469

oversettingc1485

dilator1503

tarrysome1513

lingeringa1547

deferringc1565

delaying1576

dilatory1581

driving1585

protractive1596

tarrowinga1598

delayful1600

protracting1600

cunctative1617

suspensivea1623

remorala1625

Penelopeana1627

demurrant1633

remorating1638

retarding1654

tardative1666

temporizing1801

procrastinative1824

tomorrowing1824

procrastinatory1839

postponing1852

cunctatory1862

cunctatious1864

traa dy liooar1878

suspensory1884

off-putting1894

1600 R. Churche tr. M. Fumée Hist. Troubles Hungarie 29 He might rather molest them by a protracting fight.

1696 M. Pix Inhumane Cardinal 94 Nothing was so hateful to the Cardinal and Olimpia, as this protracting time because they lay liable to a hundred accidents that might betray them.

1796 R. Burns Let. 4 July in Wks. (1855) 444/2 This protracting, slow, consuming illness which hangs over me.

1822 ‘B. Cornwall’ Julian the Apostate in Dramat. Scenes i Never! A dull, protracting, melancholy word That in an alien language, talks despair.

1970 Evolution 24 452/2 Ornithischians and birds..dispensed with the protracting action of the M[usculus] pubo-ischio-femoralis externus.

1990 Condor 92 20/2 The protracting tongue builds up extra pressure in the rostral part of the mouth.

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

单词	protracting
释义	protractingn. Brit. /prəˈtraktɪŋ/, U.S. /prəˈtræktɪŋ/, /proʊˈtræktɪŋ/ Forms: see protract v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: protract v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < protract v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. †a. The putting off or postponement of an action; delaying. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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 1540 T. Wyatt Let. to Cromwell f. 240 I think he protract the tretyng w[i]t[h] them by eny oth[e]r (of wiche protractyng the byshopp of lynden grettly co[m]plainethe. 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 125 More oftentimes profiteth and helpeth hee by protracting, then venturing rashly. 1608 Mem. in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 76 The protracting of a plantation until the Ward come to years. †b. The extending or prolonging of time so as to cause delay; dilatory action. Only in protracting of time. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. lxxxix^v The duke of Bedford..not content with their whisperynges and protractyng of tyme. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 590 Through his long delay, and protracting of time to make all thinges sure, he let slippe sundry occasions of notable exploytes, wherein good seruice might haue bene done. a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) ii. 114 If any danger be likely to ensue by the protracting of time. 1698 J. Strype Life Sir T. Smith xiv. 174 This the Secretary shewed her the inconvenience of, namely, that it would be a protracting of time. c. The extending or prolonging of an action in time. ΚΠ 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia i. f. 31^v The Galles were now weary with long protracting of the war. 1601 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law (1602) i. 75 The tedious and odious protracting of suits. 1859 J. G. Palfrey Hist. New Eng. I. xi. 464 His officers shrank from..leaving their homes so long undefended as the protracting of the campaign through several days would require. 1962 Times 27 Nov. 3/6 The protracting of what is essentially a one-day or at most two day programme over three days seems indefensible. 1963 J. A. Yunck Lineage Lady Meed iv. ii. 154 Such practices as the deliberate protracting of litigation or the jumping from client to client for higher fees could be carried on with impunity. †2. Drawing or plotting out to scale; delineation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] tracingc1440 drawing1467 draught1551 protracture1551 delineation1570 proposition1584 delineating1603 protracting1661 iconography1678 graphic design1956 1661 J. Brown Descr. & Use Joynt-rule xvii. 91 These lines of equal parts serve as Scales, for the protracting of any Draught of house or field, or the like. 1669 P. Staynred Compend. Fortification (title page) in S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. The Scale, for speedy Protracting of any Fort. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying These squares and long squares need no protracting; for you need only to multiply the chains and links of the length, by the chains and links of the breadth. Compounds General attributive, denoting instruments used in drawing and plotting (cf. sense 2), as †protracting-bevel, †protracting-needle, †protracting pin, etc. ΚΠ 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. iv. xi. 178 To know the Rhomb between any two Places..by a Protracting Quadrant. 1701 T. Tuttell Descr. Math. Instruments in J. Moxon Math. made Easie (ed. 3) 16 Protracting Pin, a taper piece of brass with a Point of Silver, to draw black Lines on Mathematical Paper, and a small Head..which holds a fine Needle to prick off any Degree and part from the Protractor. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying Having drawn lines with the point of the compasses, or a protracting-needle, the intersections represent the angles. 1860 W. E. Newton Brit. Patent 1793 (1861) 1 An improved mathematical or plotting instrument which I intend to denominate a protracting trigonometer. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Protracting-bevel, a plotting-instrument having a protracting sector and a prolongation of one radius, which forms a rule. 1877 Manufacturer & Builder Aug. 175/3 The patent right to..protracting bevel, $100. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). protractingadj. Brit. /prəˈtraktɪŋ/, U.S. /prəˈtræktɪŋ/, /proʊˈtræktɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: protract v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < protract v. + -ing suffix². That protracts; delaying or time-consuming; (in later use) extending. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] tarryingc1386 delayous1469 oversettingc1485 dilator1503 tarrysome1513 lingeringa1547 deferringc1565 delaying1576 dilatory1581 driving1585 protractive1596 tarrowinga1598 delayful1600 protracting1600 cunctative1617 suspensivea1623 remorala1625 Penelopeana1627 demurrant1633 remorating1638 retarding1654 tardative1666 temporizing1801 procrastinative1824 tomorrowing1824 procrastinatory1839 postponing1852 cunctatory1862 cunctatious1864 traa dy liooar1878 suspensory1884 off-putting1894 1600 R. Churche tr. M. Fumée Hist. Troubles Hungarie 29 He might rather molest them by a protracting fight. 1696 M. Pix Inhumane Cardinal 94 Nothing was so hateful to the Cardinal and Olimpia, as this protracting time because they lay liable to a hundred accidents that might betray them. 1796 R. Burns Let. 4 July in Wks. (1855) 444/2 This protracting, slow, consuming illness which hangs over me. 1822 ‘B. Cornwall’ Julian the Apostate in Dramat. Scenes i Never! A dull, protracting, melancholy word That in an alien language, talks despair. 1970 Evolution 24 452/2 Ornithischians and birds..dispensed with the protracting action of the M[usculus] pubo-ischio-femoralis externus. 1990 Condor 92 20/2 The protracting tongue builds up extra pressure in the rostral part of the mouth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1540adj.1600
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