protract

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protract englannista suomeksi

To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-1)
1755, (w), ''(w)'', London: J. and P. Knapton ''et al.'', Volume 1, Preface,https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009310086

I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please, have sunk into the grave (..)

(RQ:Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre)
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To use a protractor.
To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
{{quote-text|en|year=1856|author=Richard Francis Burton|title=Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah|location=London|publisher=Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans|section=Volume 3, Chapter 25, page 147, footnote|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.82507
To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer.

''to protract a decision or duty''

(RQ:Shakespeare Cymbeline) Let us bury him,And not protract with admiration whatIs now due debt. To the grave!
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(RQ:Scott Bride of Lammermoor)
(RQ:Trollope The Way)
To extend; to protrude.

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