Bible Dictionaries
Protract
King James Dictionary
PROTRACT', L. protractus, from pro and traho, to draw.
1. To draw out or lengthen in time to continue to prolong as, to protract an argument to protract a discussion to protract a war or a negotiation.
2. To delay to defer to put off to a distant time as, to protract the decision of a question to protract the final issue.
PROTRACT', n. Tedious continuance. Not used.
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Entry for 'Protract'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/p/protract.html.