protract
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Protract has usually an unfavorable sense, implying that the matter referred to is already unduly long, or would be so if longer continued; continue is neutral, applying equally to the desirable or the undesirable.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
Protract, prō-trakt′, v.t. to draw out or lengthen in time: to prolong: to put off in time: to draw to a scale.—p.adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
With fillets of green parsley leaves Our foreheads shall be done up, And with song shall we Protract our spree Until the morrow's sun-up.
From Hoosier Lyrics by Field, Eugene
With fillets of green parsley leaves Our foreheads shall be done up; And with song shall we Protract our spree Until the morrow's sun-up.
From Echoes from the Sabine Farm by Field, Roswell Martin
Protract the discussion, at all events, Duroc; time! time!
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Lever, Charles James
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