The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
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vb. (en-past of: procrastinate)
Usage examples of "procrastinated".
While they procrastinated and talked, the senior wife grew wild with impatience and sent for the executioners, determined now that there would be no rival for her son.
Still they cajoled and procrastinated, until suddenly Cathy's eyes slitted viciously, and she hissed at them with a vehemence that startled them to their feet, to bestow hasty pecks on Jordan's face and then hurry off down the verandah, with Cathy close behind.