prolonged

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}, {prolonged}, {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}, {prolonged}]
    

Prolong \Pro*long"\, 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}. ]
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   1. To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.
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   2. To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw
      out; to continue; as, to prolong one's days.
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            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.
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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