[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

prolong \prolong"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. prolonged; p. pr. 
   vb. n. prolonging. f. prolonger, l. prolongare; pro
   before, forth + longus long. see long, a., and cf.
   prolongate, purloin. 
   1913 webster
   1. to extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.
      1913 webster

   2. to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw
      out; to continue; as, to prolong one's days.
      1913 webster

            prolong awhile the traitor's life.    --shak.
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            the unhappy queen with talk prolonged the night.
                                                  --dryden.
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   3. to put off to a distant time; to postpone. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
prolonged prolonging long prolongate purloin 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

prolonged
     adj 1: relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a
            drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a
            lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged
            and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations" syn:
            drawn-out, extended, lengthy, protracted
     2: drawn out or made longer spatially; "picasso's elongated don
        quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year";
        "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger
        planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page" syn: elongated,
         extended, lengthened
     3: of illness developing slowly or of long duration
see also:
drawn-out extended lengthy protracted elongated lengthened 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

36 moby thesaurus words for "prolonged":
   dragged out, dragging, drawn, drawn out, drawn-out, elongated,
   extended, interminable, languishing, lasting, lengthened, lengthy,
   lingering, long, long-continuing, long-drawn, long-drawn-out,
   long-pending, long-winded, longsome, marathon, overlong,
   prolongated, protracted, pulled, spun out, spun-out, straggling,
   strained, stretched, stretched out, stretched-out, strung out,
   taut, tense, tight

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