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Webster 1913 Edition
Prolong
Pro-long′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Prolonged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Prolonging
.] [F. , and cf.
prolonger
, L. prolongare
; pro
before, forth + longus
long. See Long
, Adj.
Prolongate
, Purloin
. ] 1.
To extend in space or length;
as, to
. prolong
a line2.
To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue;
as, to
. prolong
one’s daysProlong
awhile the traitor's life. Shakespeare
The unhappy queen with talk
prolonged
the night. Dryden.
3.
To put off to a distant time; to postpone.
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Prolong
PROLONG'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of. Temperate habits tend to prolong life.2.
To lengthen; to draw out in time by delay; to continue. Th' unhappy queen with talk prolong'd the night.
3.
To put off to a distant time. For I myself am not so well provided
As else I would be, were the day prolong'd.
4.
To extend in space or length.Definition 2024
prolong
prolong
English
Verb
prolong (third-person singular simple present prolongs, present participle prolonging, simple past and past participle prolonged)
- (transitive) To extend in space or length.
- (transitive) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue.
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
- The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”
-
- (transitive) To lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone.
- The government shouldn't prolong deciding on this issue any further.
Translations
to extend in space or length
to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
to lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone
Derived terms
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