transitive. To lengthen, prolong; to delay.

transitive. To extend the duration of (something); to prolong, protract. Obsolete.

To draw out, protract, prolong.

to prolong.

transitive. To lengthen, prolong.

transitive. To protract or prolong (something); to put off or postpone (something). Also with on. Also (in later use only) in to drive it: to…

transitive. To delay, retard, defer, put off (a thing, an action); to protract, prolong. Obsolete.

transitive. To continue, extend in duration; = prolong, v. 1a.

To cause to last or endure; to prolong, keep up (something external to the agent).

transitive To stretch or extend (something) (literal and figurative); to prolong, protract; to delay.

transitive. To extend in duration; to cause to last longer; to lengthen, prolong. Obsolete.

To protract. rare.

transitive. gen. To maintain (a person or thing) in continuous existence; to keep alive, existing, or flourishing; to preserve.

†to draw (out) in, into, at,or on length: to prolong, protract; rarely with personal obj. = to delay, prolong the stay of (obsolete). Now only to d…

transitive. To extend in time, cause to last longer; = prorogate, v. 1. Obsolete.

transitive. To extend in duration; to cause to continue or last longer; to continue, carry on.

To extend, prolong.

transitive. Chiefly Law. To prolong, lengthen; to extend in time or duration; to cause to last longer; to continue, to protract. Cf. prorogue, v.…

transitive. To extend in duration; to protract, prolong. Obsolete.

To extend in time, protract, prolong, lengthen.

transitive. To keep or continue longer; to prolong.

transitive. To extend the duration of; to postpone.

transitive. To extend the duration of (something); to protract, prolong.

transitive. To sustain; (in later use) esp. to give sustenance or support to.

transitive. To cause to linger; to prolong, protract, draw out (the time, a business, etc.); also, to delay, put off, defer. Obsolete.

To protract; also intransitive to linger. Obsolete.

transitive. To protract, prolong (time).

transitive. To extend; to make bigger, enlarge; to make longer in duration, prolong. Obsolete.

transitive. To extend (an action or event) in time; to cause to continue or last longer; to prolong.

quasi-transitive. with adverb compl. (forth, on, out): To draw out, prolong, protract by lingering, tarrying, or dallying. to linger away: to waste…

transitive. To make longer, increase the length of, whether in material or immaterial sense; to elongate, prolong, protract. Also with out (†rarely on…

transitive. (a) (also intransitive) To delay; (b) to extend the duration of, protract, spin out; (c) to spend, pass (time, one's life). Obsolete.

To draw out, lengthen in duration, protract, delay; usually in to detract time. Obsolete.

to make forth (long, longer): to protract.

figurative. To extend the duration of. Obsolete (? nonce-use.)

To prolong in duration.

To stretch out; also intransitive. Perhaps confused with extend.

transitive. With out. To extend the length or duration of (something); to spin or drag out. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To draw or prolong to a great length; to protract excessively, spin out. Obsolete.

To render lengthy or protracted; to protract, prolong.

figurative or in figurative context, with various implications: e.g. to drag forcibly to some course of action; to draw out, lengthen out in time…

transitive. To reverse the abridgement of; to extend, expand.

transitive. To extend in duration; to prolong, lengthen. Obsolete.

To make continuous in time; to perpetuate.

figurative. To draw out, prolong. (Cf. to spin out at phrasal verbs 1.)

to eke out. To prolong (a speech or composition, an action) by expedients devised for that purpose; to contrive to fill up (a certain amount of…

transitive. To prolong, extend, lengthen. In later use chiefly Zoology: = produce, v. 1b.

transitive. To prolong, lengthen.

transitive. With away, out, etc. To cause (time) to pass slowly; to protract, prolong, drag out. Obsolete.

transitive. To protract or continue tediously; usually drag on. Also to drag out: to protract to a tedious end.

transitive. To make perennial or everlasting. Obsolete. rare.

figurative. To stretch (something) out in order to make it last.

transitive. To make perennial or permanent.