单词 | protracting of time |
释义 | > as lemmasprotracting of time ΚΠ 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. lxxxixv 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. < as lemmas |
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