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t. [Lat. protract us, pa. par. of protraho = to draw out, to prolong: pro I. Ordinary Language : 1. To draw out or extend in duration; to prolong, to continue. ( Byron: Corsair, i. 17.) 2. To extend or draw out in length; to lengthen out in space. 3. To delay, to defer, to postpone; to put off to a distant time; as, to protract the decision of a question. II. Surv.: To plot; to draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of by means of a scale and protractor. *pro-trăct', s. [PROTRACT, v.] Tedious delay or continuance. "Without further protract and dilation of time."Wyatt: Works; Henry VIII . to Wyatt (an. 1529). pro-trăct-ěd, pa . par . or a . [PROTRACT, v.] protracted-meeting, s. A religious meeting protracted or continued for several days, chiefly among Methodists or Baptists. ( U.S. ) pro-trăct-ěd-ly, adv . [Eng. protracted: -ly .] In a protracted or prolonged manner; tediously. marine; gō, pět, The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia protractedne