Verb

(en verb)

(label) To extend in space or length.

(label) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue.

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=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.”}}

(label) To lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone.