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(1) - Protract (n.) Tedious continuance or delay. (2) - Protract (v. t.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract. (3) - Protract (v. t.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot. (4) - Protract (v. t.) To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty. (5) - 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. |