PROLONG

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.

2.
v.

To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue; as, to prolong one's days. Prolong awhile the traitor's life. Shak. The unhappy queen with talk prolonged the night. Dryden.

3.
v.

To put off to a distant time; to postpone. Shak.

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