Prolong

Origin

Either Back-formation from {{3}}, or from Old French prolonguer or porloignier, from prōlongō, from prō + longō.

Full definition of prolong

Verb

1. (transitive) To extend in space or length.
2. (transitive) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue.
• 1922, Ben Travers, A Cuckoo in the Nest Chapter 5, The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”
3. (transitive) To lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone.
   The government shouldn't prolong deciding on this issue any further.

Derived terms

• prolongable
• prolongation
• prolonger
• prolongment