·noun Tedious continuance or delay.
II. Protract ·vt To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to Plot.
III. Protract ·vt To Extend; to Protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws;
— opposed to retract.
IV. Protract ·vt To put off to a distant time; to Delay; to Defer; as, to protract a decision or duty.
V. Protract ·vt To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to Continue; to Prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war.