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Prorogue :: Prorogue (v. t.) To protract; to prolong; to extend.

Protractile :: Protractile (a.) Capable of being protracted, or protruded; protrusile..

Protractor :: Protractor (n.) One who, or that which, protracts, or causes protraction..

Tickle :: Tickle (v. t.) To touch lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of spasm which become dengerous if too long protracted..

Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire..

Protractor :: Protractor (n.) An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound.

Linger :: Linger (v. t.) To protract; to draw out.

Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness..

Protractor :: Protractor (n.) A muscle which extends an organ or part; -- opposed to retractor.

Protractor :: Protractor (n.) A mathematical instrument for laying down and measuring angles on paper, used in drawing or in plotting. It is of various forms, semicircular, rectangular, or circular..

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot..

Protract :: Protract (n.) Tedious continuance or delay.

Continue :: Continue (v. t.) To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war..

Demicircle :: Demicircle (n.) An instrument for measuring angles, in surveying, etc. It resembles a protractor, but has an alidade, sights, and a compass..

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract..

Prolongation :: Prolongation (n.) The act of lengthening in space or in time; extension; protraction.

Refresher :: Refresher (n.) An extra fee paid to counsel in a case that has been adjourned from one term to another, or that is unusually protracted..

Overspin :: Overspin (v. t.) To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly.

Protracting :: Protracting (p. pr. vb. n.) of Protrac.

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