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protract
verb protracted, protracting
    1. To prolong; to cause something to last a long time.
      Thesaurus: lengthen, stretch out, extend, prolong, draw out, delay, sustain, keep going, continue; Antonym: shorten.
    2. To lengthen something out.
    3. To draw something using a scale and protractor.
Derivative: protraction
noun
    Etymology: 16c: from Latin protrahere, protractum to drag forth.



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