proconsulship

[Eng. proconsul; -ship.] The same as PROCONSULATE (q. v.). pro-crăs'-tin-āte, v . t . & i . [Lat. proc rast in at us, pa. par. of proc rast in or =to put off till the morrow, to delay: pro =forward, off, and crastinus = pertaining to the morrow; cras =to-morrow; Fr. procrastiner; Sp. procrastinar ; Ital. proc rast in are .] A. Trans.: To put off to a future day; to post pone or delay from day to day; to defer, to prolong. B. In trans.: To delay; to be dilatory. "I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago."Swift: To Pope. prō-crăs-ti-nā-tion, s . [Fr., from Latin pro crastinationem , acc us. of procrastinatio , from proc rast in at us , pa. par. of proc rast in or = to procrastinate (q. v.); Ital. proc rast in azione .] Delay, dilatorine ; the act or habit of procrastinating. "Procrastination is the thief of time." Young: Night Thoughts, i. 394. 2. Entom .: A genus of Hawkmoths, family Zygenidse. Fore-wings green, without spots, hind-wings smoky brown. Procris statices is the Forester Sphinx, with the tips of the antenne blunt, P. globular i a is the Scarce Forester, with them pointed; and P. geryon is the Cistus Forester, closely akin to the species last named. prō-crus-tě-an, a . [From Procrustes, a famous robber of Attica, who compelled travelers to lie down on a couch, and lopped off as much of their limbs as would suffice to reduce their length to that of the couch. If they were too short, he stretched them.] 1. Lit .: Of, or pertaining to, or resembling Procrustes or his mode of torture. 2. Fig .: Reducing to strict conformity by violent measures; producing strict conformity by force or mutilation. prō-crus-tě-an-ize, v. t. [Eng. procrustean; -ize.] To stretch or contract to a given or required size or extent.