protract

Meaning

Verb

  • To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.
  • To use a protractor.
  • To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
  • To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer.
  • To extend; to protrude.

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Origin

  • From the past participle stem of Latin prōtrahō, essentially pro- + tract.

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