protractive

English

Etymology

protract +‎ -ive

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈtɹæktɪv/

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• Rhymes: -æktɪv

Adjective

protractive (comparative more protractive, superlative most protractive)

1. Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying.
   • 1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number(s))”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:

     He suffered their protractive arts.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for protractive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)