lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty
protracts
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[ prO-'trakt, pr&- ] (transitive verb.) 1540. Latin protractus, past participle of protrahere, literally, to draw forward, from pro- forward + trahere to draw; more at PRO-.