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Webster 1913 Edition

Procrastinate

Pro-cras′ti-nate

,
Verb.
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 Aegeon wend,
But to
procrastinate
his lifeless end.
Shakespeare
Syn. – To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay; retard; protract; prolong.

Pro-cras′ti-nate

,
Verb.
I.
To delay; to be dilatory.
I
procrastinate
more than I did twenty years ago.
Swift.

Webster 1828 Edition

Procrastinate

PROCRAS'TINATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. procrastinor; pro and crastinus; cras, to-morrow.] To put off from day to day; to delay; to defer to a future time; as, to procrastinate repentance.

PROCRAS'TINATE

,
Verb.
I.
To delay; to be dilatory.
I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago.

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