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

protracted \protract`ed\, a.
   prolonged; continued.
   1913 webster

   protracted meeting,a religious meeting continued for many
      successive days. u. s.
      1913 webster -- protract"edly, adv. --
      protract"edness, n.
      1913 webster
see also:
protracted meeting protract"edly protract"edness 

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

protract \protract"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. protracted; p. pr.
   vb. n. protracting. l. protractus, p. p. of protrahere to
   forth, protract; pro forward + trahere to draw. see
   portrait, portray.
   1. to draw out or lengthen in time or rarely in space; to
      continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to
      protract a war.
      1913 webster

   2. to put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to
      protract a decision or duty. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. surv. to draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and
      angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
      1913 webster

   4. zool. to extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract
      its claws; -- opposed to retract.
      1913 webster
see also:
protracted protracting portrait portray retract 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

protracted
     adj : 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, prolonged
see also:
drawn-out extended lengthy prolonged 

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

50 moby thesaurus words for "protracted":
   de longue haleine, dragged out, dragging, drawn, drawn out,
   drawn-out, elongated, endless, everlasting, extended, filled out,
   interminable, languishing, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering,
   long, long-continuing, long-drawn, long-drawn-out, long-pending,
   long-spun, long-winded, longiloquent, longsome, marathon,
   never-ending, overlong, padded, prolix, prolongated, prolonged,
   pulled, spun out, spun-out, straggling, strained, stretched,
   stretched out, stretched-out, strung out, talkative, taut, tense,
   tight, unrelenting, verbose, windy, wordy

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