prolong

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To make something last longer; to extend its duration.

   The treatment helped to prolong the patient's life by several years.

2. 2
   verb

   To delay something or put it off to a later time.

   There is no point in prolonging the decision any further.

Either a back-formation from prolongation, or from Old French prolonguer or porloignier, from Latin prōlongō, from prō + longō. Doublet of purloin.

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