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Procrastinate   Listen
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Procrastinate  v. t.  (past & past part. procrastinated; pres. part. procrastinating)  To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance. "Hopeless and helpless Aegeon wend, But to procrastinate his lifeless end."
Synonyms: To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay; retard; protract; prolong.






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"Procrastinate" Quotes from Famous Books



... nothing to change my opinions of her in any particular. She was the same, and so was I. I now spent my time in planning how I might get along through life after my contemplated change of circumstances should have taken place, and how I might procrastinate the evil day for a time, which I really dreaded as much, perhaps more, than an ...
— The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Complete - Constitutional Edition • Abraham Lincoln

... bitterness of his heart, the ignorance and superstition that had caused the desertion of the remainder of the crew. There existed, in reality, no evil that exertion and skill could not have remedied; but, deprived of all aid, he at once saw the folly of even attempting to procrastinate a catastrophe that was now unavoidable. Returning with a heavy heart to the deck, he immediately set about those dispositions which were necessary to afford them the ...
— The Red Rover • James Fenimore Cooper

... Dad!" the son exclaimed, relapsing into his customary swagger, as the readiest means of flattering the old man's more amiable mood. It was an easier matter to encounter Dr. Deane—to procrastinate and prolong the settlement of terms, or shift the responsibility of the final result from his own shoulders. Of course the present command must be obeyed, and it was by no means an agreeable one; but Alfred Barton had courage enough ...
— The Story Of Kennett • Bayard Taylor



Words linked to "Procrastinate" :   drag one's feet, dilly-dally, stall, delay, drag one's heels



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