Procrastinate

v. t. [imp. & p. p. PROCRASTINATED; p. pr. & vb. n. PROCRASTINATING.] [Lat. procrastinare, procrastinatum, from pro, forward, and crastinus, of to-morrow, from cras, to-morrow; It. procrastinare, Sp. procrastinar, Fr. procrastiner.] To put off till to-morrow or from day to day; to delay; to defer to a future time; to postpone; as, to procrastinate repentance.

Hopeless and helpless doth Ægeon wend, But to procrastinate his lifeless end. Shak.

Synonyms— To postpone; adjourn; defer; delay; retard; protract; prolong.

v. i. To delay; to be dilatory. I procrastinate more than I did twenty years ago. Swift.