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• ܢܽܘܓ݂ܪܳܐ

(1):

(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.

(2):

(v. t.) To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty.

(3):

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

(4):

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

(5):

(n.) Tedious continuance or delay.