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Word: Protractive
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Nashe (d. c1601), writer. From classical Latin prōtract-, past participial stem of prōtrahere protract + -ive
Definition:
Characterized by or tending to protraction; prolonging; extended, lengthy.
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