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procrastinate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Procrastinate \Pro*cras"ti*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Procrastinated}; p. pr & vb n. {Procrastinating}.] [L. procrastinatus p. p. of procrastinare to procrastinate; pro forward + crastinus of to-morrow, fr cras to-morrow.] To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day to defer; to postpone; to delay; as to procrastinate repentance. --Dr. H. More Hopeless and helpless [AE]geon wend, But to procrastinate his lifeless end --Shak. Syn: To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay; retard; protract; prolong. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Procrastinate \Pro*cras"ti*nate\, v. i. To delay; to be dilatory. I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago. --Swift. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: procrastinate v : postpone doing what one should be doing "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn: {stall}, {drag one's feet}, {dilly-dally}]
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