Pro-lŏng', v. t.
[imp. & p. p. PROLONGED; p. pr. & vb. n. PROLONGING.] [Fr. prolonger, Pr. prolonguar, perlongar, Sp. & Pg. prolongar, perlongar, It. prolungare, L. Lat. prolongare, from Lat. pro, before, forth, and longus, long.]
Sense 1. To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out in time by delay; to continue.
Prolong in time the traitor's life. Shak.
The unhappy queen with talk prolonged the night. Dryden.
Sense 2. To put off to a distant time.
*For I myself am not so well provided As else I would be, were the day prolonged.* Shak.
Sense 3. To extend in space or length.