Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To prolong.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To prolong; lengthen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To prolong; to extend in space or in time.
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- verb To
prolong orlengthen
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Examples
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And she enclosed a snapshot of herself in one of these here war bride outfits and she looks so good in it that I bet she goes to church every Sunday and asks god to prolongate the war.
The Real Dope Ring Lardner 1909
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