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61continue — con·tin·ue vt tin·ued, tinu·ing: to postpone (a legal proceeding) to a future day Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. continue I …
62hold up — vt: to make the victim of a holdup: rob at gunpoint Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. hold up I …
63procrastinate — I verb adjourn, be dilatory, be idle, be inert, be neglectful, block, dally, dawdle, defer, delay, differre, dilly dally, do nothing, filibuster, gain time, hang back, hesitate, hold back, hold up, idle, keep one waiting, kill time, lag, let… …
64drag — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. draw, pull, tow, tug, haul; protract, draw out; lag, dawdle, inch along. Slang, race. See slowness, traction, lateness. in drag II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Anything that is drawn] Syn. harrow, scraper, bar …
65elongate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. lengthen, extend, string out. See length. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. prolong, stretch, extend; see lengthen 1 . See Synonym Study at extend . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. lengthen, extend, stretch,… …
66spin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. twirl, whirl, rotate; protract, draw out; gyrate, swirl, reel, eddy; fabricate. See rotation, loquacity, imagination. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. circuit, rotation, gyration; see revolution 1 , turn 1 . v …
67stretch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. extend, lengthen, spread, expand, increase; stretch out, sprawl; informal, exaggerate, strain, force. n. expansion, reach, range; length, field, expanse; elasticity; long run, distance, home or… …
68sustain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. bear up, support; endure; maintain, prolong, protract; nourish; corroborate, confirm, ratify, substantiate; assist. See aid, agency. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To carry] Syn. bear, support, bear on the …
69Diuturnity — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Long duration. < N PARAG:Diuturnity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 diuturnity diuturnity Sgm: N 1 a long time a long time a length of time Sgm: N 1 an age an age a century an eternity Sgm: N 1 slowness slowness …
70portrait — [16] Portrait was borrowed from French portrait, which originated as the past participle of the verb portraire ‘depict’ (source of English portray [14]). This was descended from Latin prōtrahere, a compound verb formed from the prefix prō ‘forth’ …
