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   protract

   /prəˈtrakt/

   verb

   • 1. prolong: "he had certainly taken his time, even protracting the process"

   Word Origin early 16th century (in the sense ‘to waste time’): from Latin protract- ‘prolonged’, from the verb protrahere, from pro- ‘out’ + trahere ‘to draw’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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