pro|long´ment

pro|long´ment
pro|long «pruh LNG, -LONG», transitive verb.
1. to make longer; extend; stretch: »

Good care may prolong a sick person's life. The author cleverly prolonged the suspense in his mystery novel. It was useless to prolong the discussion (Edith Wharton).

 SYNONYM(S): protract. See syn. under lengthen. (Cf. ↑lengthen)
2. Obsolete. to put off in time; postpone: »

This wedding-day Perhaps is but prolong'd: have patience (Shakespeare).

╂[< Late Latin prōlongāre < prō- forth + longus long. Compare etym. under purloin. (Cf. ↑purloin)]
–pro|long´a|ble, adjective.
–pro|long´er, noun.
–pro|long´ment, noun.

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  • pro|long´er — pro|long «pruh LNG, LONG», transitive verb. 1. to make longer; extend; stretch: »Good care may prolong a sick person s life. The author cleverly prolonged the suspense in his mystery novel. It was useless to prolong the discussion (Edith Wharton) …   Useful english dictionary

  • pro|long´a|ble — pro|long «pruh LNG, LONG», transitive verb. 1. to make longer; extend; stretch: »Good care may prolong a sick person s life. The author cleverly prolonged the suspense in his mystery novel. It was useless to prolong the discussion (Edith Wharton) …   Useful english dictionary

  • pro|long — «pruh LNG, LONG», transitive verb. 1. to make longer; extend; stretch: »Good care may prolong a sick person s life. The author cleverly prolonged the suspense in his mystery novel. It was useless to prolong the discussion (Edith Wharton).… …   Useful english dictionary

  • long — age·long; be·long; be·long·ing·ness; cach·o·long; du·long; fur·long; ge·long; head·long·ness; hol·long; ka·long; long; long·ford; long·ful; long·ie; long·ies; long·ing; long·ing·ly; long·ing·ness; long·ish; long·ly; long·ness; long·schat;… …   English syllables

  • prolongment — pro·long·ment …   English syllables

  • prolong — pro•long [[t]prəˈlɔŋ, ˈlɒŋ[/t]] v. t. 1) to extend the duration of; cause to continue longer 2) to make longer in spatial extent: to prolong a line[/ex] • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME < LL prōlongāre to lengthen =prō pro I+ longāre, v. der.… …   From formal English to slang

  • Prolongment — Pro*long ment, n. Prolongation. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • er — er·i·an·thus; er·ic; er·i·ca; er·i·ca·ce·ae; er·i·cad; er·i·ca·les; er·i·ce·tal; er·i·ce·tic·o·lous; er·i·coid; er·i·co·phyte; erig·er·on; er·i·glos·sa; er·ik·ite; er·i·na·ceous; er·i·na·ceus; er·in·ite; er·i·nose; er·i·o·bot·rya;… …   English syllables

  • able — ab·sorb·able; ac·count·able; ac·tion·able; adapt·able; ad·vance·able; ad·vis·able·ness; al·lege·able; al·ter·able; ami·able·ness; bounce·able; brib·able; bridge·able; buff·able; build·able; burn·able; can·cel·able; change·able; change·able·ness;… …   English syllables

  • prolixement — (pro li kse man) adv. D une manière prolixe. •   Je vous écris aussi prolixement que j écris laconiquement aux autres, SÉV. 108. HISTORIQUE    XIIIe s. •   Car maintes fois cis [celul] qui preesche, Quant briefment ne se despeesche, En fait les… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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